H1573 - גֹּמֶא (gômeʼ)

H1573 גֹּמֶא (gômeʼ) go'-meh

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

reed

Strong's Definition

properly, an absorbent, i.e. the bulrush (from its porosity); specifically the papyrus

Derivation: from H1572 (גָּמָא);

KJV Usage: (bul-) rush.

TWOT Reference: 358a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) rush, reed, papyrus

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

rush, reed, papyrus

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גֹּמֶא gôme BDB Definition: 1) rush, reed, papyrus Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1572 Same Word by TWOT Number: 358a Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (4)

2:3

8:11

18:2 35:7

Exodus 2:3

But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in [the basket] and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

Job 8:11

Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

Isaiah 18:2

which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on... the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely...... feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

Isaiah 35:7

The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass [and] reeds and papyrus.