Midvash

גֶּזַעgezaʻ

stock, stem (Job 14:8; Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 40:24)

Pronunciation: geh'-zah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1503

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Job 14:8 Though its roots have grown old in the earth and its stump decays,
  • Isaiah 11:1 Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot— yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.
  • Isaiah 40:24 They hardly get started, barely taking root, when he blows on them and they wither. The wind carries them off like chaff.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).