Lexical Definition
גָּרוֹן gârôwn (gaw-rone') throat H:N-M
or (shortened) גָּרֹן gârôn (gawrone'); from גָּרַר; (compare גַּרְגְּרוֹת)
[idiom] aloud, mouth, neck, throat.
- the throat (as roughened by swallowing)
1) neck, throat
1a) neck
1b) throat
1b1) of open sepulchre (fig.)
See Greek: ἰσχύς · λάρυγξ · τράχηλος
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[גורן] Jer 2:25 גורנך Kt see גָּרוֺן.
גָּרוֺן noun masculinePs 69:4* neck, throat (connection with above √ dubious; Thes Rob-Ges (compare MV) from גרה in (assumed) sense of גרר of a dragging, scraping sound; compare מְגֵרָה; yet √ perhaps גרן q. v.; Arabic (sub
Frey Lane) front part of neck of camel, etc.) — ׳ג Isa 3:16; Isa 58:1 suffix גְּרוֺנִי Ps 69:4* גְּרוֺנֵךְ Ezek 16:11 + Jer 2:25 Qr (Kt גורנך); גְּרוֺנָם Ps 115:7; Ps 149:6, גְּרֹנָם Ps 5:10* — throat;
1. of the visible exterior (front) of throat, neck ׳נְטֻו֯וֺת ג Isa 3:16 outstretched of neck (= with outstretched neck); וְרָבִיד עַלגְּֿרוֺנֵךְ Ezek 41:19 and a chain upon thy neck.
2. throat, as capable of thirst Jer 2:25 as organ of speech קְרָא בְגָרוֺן Isa 58:1 (|| הָרֵם קוֺלֶ֑ךָ), ׳לֹא יֶהְגּוּ בִּג Ps 115:7 also רוֺמֲמוֺת אֵל בִּגְרוֺנָם Ps 149:6 high songs to God (be) in their throat; compare נִחַר גְּרוֺנִי Ps 69:4* my throat is parched (|| יָגַעְתִּי בְקָרְאִי); so also קֶבֶרפָּֿתוּחַ גְּרֹנָם Ps 5:10* their throat is an opened sepulchre.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Psalms | 5:10* · 69:4* · 115:7 · 149:6 |
| Isaiah | 3:16 · 58:1 |
| Jeremiah | 2:25 |
| Ezekiel | 16:11 · 41:19 |