H1415 - גָּדָה (gâdâh)

H1415 גָּדָה (gâdâh) gaw-daw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

bank

Strong's Definition

a border of a river (as cut into by the stream)

Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to cut off);

KJV Usage: bank.

TWOT Reference: 314a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) a river bank

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

a river bank Also means: gid.yah (גִּדְיָה "bank" H1428)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גָּדָה gâdâh BDB Definition: 1) a river bank Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root (meaning to cut off) Same Word by TWOT Number: 314a Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (3)

3:15 4:18

8:7

Joshua 3:15

Now the Jordan overflows...... its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests...... carrying the ark reached... the Jordan [and] their feet touched the water’s edge,

Joshua 4:18

When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet... touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before....

Isaiah 8:7

the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow...... its channels and overrun...... its banks.