Lexical Definition

‎גִּיד‎ gîyd (gheed) sinew ^H:N-M
probably from ‎גּוּד‎

sinew.

• a thong (as compressing)
• by analogy, a tendon

1) sinew

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גִּיד‎ noun masculine^{Gen 32:33} sinew (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎גִּידָא‎, ; compare Arabic neck) — construct ‎גִּיד‎ Gen 32:33* (twice in verse); Isa 48:4 plural ‎גִּידִים‎ Job 10:11; Ezek 37:6, ‎גִּדִים‎ Ezek 37:8 construct ‎גִּידֵי‎ Job 40:17 — sinew, in general of human body, || ‎בשׂר‎, ‎עור‎, ‎עצמות‎, Job 10:11 compare Ezek 37:6; Ezek 37:8 of thigh Gen 32:33* (of beast) 32:33; iron sinew, figurative of obstinacy, Isa 48:4 ‎בַּרְזֶל עָרְפֶּ֑ךָ וּמִצְחֲךָ נְחוּשָׁה‎ ‎׳‎‎וג‎; of hippopotamus, ‎פחדו‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎, i.e. of his loins, Job 40:17.

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