Gaash — the meaning of the Hebrew name גַּעַשׁ

גַּעַשׁ

Gaʻash · pronounced ga'-ash · Strong's H1608 · a place

Gaash means a quaking.

Built from

גָּעַשׁ gâʻash (from, H1607) — to agitate violently open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H1607; a quaking; Gaash, a hill in Palestine.

First appearance

Josh 24:30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. (KJV)

Every verse that names Gaash

4 occurrences in 4 verses — Joshua, Judges, 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles

Josh 24:30Judg 2:92Sam 23:301Chr 11:32

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