Strong H1630גְּרִזִים

(Mount) Gerizim

Transliteration: gerizîym
Pronunciation: gher-ee-zeem'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Plural of an unused noun from H1629 (compare {H1511 }) cut up (that {is} rocky);
{Gerizim} a mountain of Palestine: - Gerizim.

Meaning of the name

Gerizim = "cuttings off"

Detailed definition

Mount Gerizim, a mountain in Samaria, was designated as the site for pronouncing blessings and was the location of Jotham's parable to the men of Shechem.

In the biblical story

Gerizim Mount

Mountain in Samaria; site of blessings and Jotham's parable

Mount Gerizim, a mountain in Samaria, was designated as the site for pronouncing blessings and was the location of Jotham's parable to the men of Shechem.

In the Bible

Strong H1630 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

Deuteronomy 11:29
And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
Deuteronomy 27:12
These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
Joshua 8:33
And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
Judges 9:7
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.