גָּדָה
ga.dah
bank
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the data provided, the Hebrew word "גָּדָה" (ga.dah) is defined as "bank". This word is used only 4 times in the Bible, indicating a relatively limited range of usage. As a word for "bank", "גָּדָה" likely refers to the natural incline of a riverbank, riverbank road, or riverbank area. Its significance lies in its practical application, describing physical features of the landscape. In biblical usage, the concept of a riverbank may hold symbolic or metaphorical meaning beyond its literal definition. However, based solely on the provided data, this cannot be confirmed.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.
Joshua 3:15and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),
Joshua 4:18When the priests who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant had come up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet had been lifted up to the dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as before.
1 Chronicles 12:15These are those who went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all who lived in the valleys, both toward the east and toward the west.