גִּזְרָהgizrâh

cutting, separation

Pronunciation: ghiz-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1508

Meanings

1. cutting, i.e. polishing (Lamentations 4:7)

2. separation (Ezekiel 41:12; Ezekiel 41:13; Ezekiel 41:14)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Lamentations 4:7 Our princes once glowed with health— brighter than snow, whiter than milk. Their faces were as ruddy as rubies, their appearance like fine jewels.
  • Ezekiel 41:12 A large building stood on the west, facing the Temple courtyard. It was 122 1⁄2 feet wide and 157 1⁄2 feet long, and its walls were 8 3⁄4 feet thick.
  • Ezekiel 41:13 Then the man measured the Temple, and it was 175 feet long. The courtyard around the building, including its walls, was an additional 175 feet in length.
  • Ezekiel 41:14 The inner courtyard to the east of the Temple was also 175 feet wide.
  • Ezekiel 41:15 The building to the west, including its two walls, was also 175 feet wide. The sanctuary, the inner room, and the entry room of the Temple
  • Ezekiel 42:1 Then the man led me out of the Temple courtyard by way of the north gateway. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a group of rooms against the north wall of the inner courtyard.
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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).