גְּדִי
ge.di
kid
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word "ge.di" (H1423) in the Hebrew language conveys the meaning of a "kid." This term is used 16 times throughout the Bible, giving insight into the context of its usage. The word "ge.di" is likely used to denote a young goat, particularly in the realm of sacrifice or offerings. Its range of usage spans various Bible passages, including contexts related to animal sacrifices and offerings. The significance of this word lies in its representation of the importance of animals in ancient Jewish culture, particularly in ceremonial and ritual contexts. The repeated occurrences of "ge.di" in the Bible highlight its relevance to the religious practices and traditions of ancient Israel.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
16 total occurrences across the text
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, the calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.
Genesis 27:9Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.
Genesis 27:16She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.
Genesis 38:17He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?”
Genesis 38:20Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he didn’t find her.
Genesis 38:23Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”
Exodus 23:19You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground into the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Exodus 34:26“You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
Deuteronomy 14:21You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Judges 6:19Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal. He put the meat in a basket and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
Judges 13:15Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “Please stay with us, that we may make a young goat ready for you.”
Judges 13:19So Manoah took the young goat with the meal offering, and offered it on the rock to Yahweh. Then the angel did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.
Judges 14:6Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat with his bare hands, but he didn’t tell his father or his mother what he had done.
Judges 15:1But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat. He said, “I will go in to my wife’s room.” But her father wouldn’t allow him to go in.
1 Samuel 10:3“Then you will go on forward from there, and you will come to the oak of Tabor. Three men will meet you there going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a container of wine.
1 Samuel 16:20Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a container of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.