גִּנְּתוֹן
gin.n.ton
Ginnethon
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Ginnethon: A Minor Biblical Figure Ginnethon (Hebrew: גִּנְּתוֹן) appears three times in the Hebrew Bible as a proper noun, identifying a specific individual rather than a common word with varied meanings. The lexicon data provides no semantic definition beyond the transliteration itself, indicating this is a personal name rather than a word with linguistic range or conceptual development. The minimal occurrence of Ginnethon—appearing only three times across the entire biblical text—suggests this was a relatively minor or localized figure in ancient Israel's history. Without additional lexical information about context, genealogy, or role, the significance of this person cannot be determined from the provided data alone. The name itself appears to be a proper noun designation rather than a word that carries theological or linguistic importance for understanding biblical vocabulary. For readers interested in this figure's identity and historical role, further investigation would require consulting the biblical passages where Ginnethon appears and examining historical or biographical resources beyond lexical definitions.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
3 total occurrences across the text