H417 אֶלְגָּבִישׁ (ʼelgâbîysh) el-gaw-beesh'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

hail

Strong's Definition

hail (as if a great pearl)

Derivation: from H410 (אֵל) and H1378 (גָּבִישׁ);

KJV Usage: great hail(-stones).

TWOT Reference: 89a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) hail (lit. -pearls of God)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אֶלְגָּבִישׁ (el.ga.vish) — hail. hail (lit. -pearls of God)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אֶלְגָּבִישׁ (H0417)

noun m · גָּבִישׁ

Rain | ≈ גֶּשֶׁם · רוּחַ

Collocation: אַבְנֵי אֶלְגָּבִישׁ

hailstones = object similar to a small stone both in shape and in hardness; ◄ consisting of frozen rain; ► falling from the sky in showers; ≈ often associated with a punishment from God

EZK 13:11 · EZK 13:13 · EZK 38:22

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֶלְגָּבִישׁ n.[m.] hail base

Bible Occurrences (3)

13:11 13:13 38:22

Ezekiel 13:11

tell... those whitewashing [the wall]... that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents..., I will send hailstones... plunging down, and a windstorm... will burst forth.

Ezekiel 13:13

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm..., and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall... with destructive fury.

Ezekiel 38:22

I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones..., fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.