Strong's Concordance Gichon: "a bursting forth," one of the rivers of Eden, also a spring near Jer. Original Word: גִּיחוֹןPart of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Transliteration: Gichon Phonetic Spelling: (ghee-khone') Short Definition: Gihon Brown-Driver-Briggs גִּיחוֺן proper name, of a river (a bursting forth) — 1 one of the rivers of Eden Genesis 2:13 (on theories of identity see Commentaries; also SmithDict. Bible Schaff-HerzogArt. Eden SpurrellText of Gen. on the passage RiHWB). 2 spring of water near Jerusalem: גִּחוֺן 1 Kings 1:33,38,45, מֵימֵי גִיחוֺן הָעֶלְיוֺן2Chronicles 32:30, לְגִיחוֺן בַּנַּחַל2Chronicles 33:14; — there are two main theories as to locality: a. west of Jerusalem, connected with Birket Mamilla, and aqueduct into city RobBR i. 239, 345 ff. SurveyJerusalem and others; b. east of Jerusalem = Fountain of the Virgin, FurrerSchenkel BL ii. 483 BdPal 101, or Siloah water-system GutheZPV, v., 1882, 359 ff. גֵּיחֲזִי see below גַּיְא. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Gihon Or (shortened) Gichown {ghee-khone'}; from giyach; stream; Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem -- Gihon. see HEBREW giyach Forms and Transliterations בְּגִח֗וֹן בגחון גִּחֽוֹן׃ גִּיח֑וֹן גִיחוֹן֙ גחון׃ גיחון לְגִיח֨וֹן לגיחון bə·ḡi·ḥō·wn begiChon bəḡiḥōwn gi·ḥō·wn gî·ḥō·wn ḡî·ḥō·wn giChon giḥōwn gîḥōwn ḡîḥōwn lə·ḡî·ḥō·wn legiChon ləḡîḥōwnLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 15216 Occurrences bə·ḡi·ḥō·wn — 1 Occ. gî·ḥō·wn — 4 Occ. lə·ḡî·ḥō·wn — 1 Occ. Genesis 2:13 HEB: הַנָּהָ֥ר הַשֵּׁנִ֖י גִּיח֑וֹן ה֣וּא הַסּוֹבֵ֔ב NAS: river is Gihon; it flows around KJV: river [is] Gihon: the same [is] it that compasseth INT: river of the second is Gihon he through 1 Kings 1:33 1 Kings 1:38 1 Kings 1:45 2 Chronicles 32:30 2 Chronicles 33:14 |