Peak
גַּבְנֹןStrong’s H1386gavnon (gav-non)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gavnon is the Hebrew word usually translated “peaks”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.”
Meaning
- Peak, rounded summit, a mountain peak
How it's translated
- peaks 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 2
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
גַּבְנֹן gavnon · peak
peak, rounded summit, a mountain peak
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “peak” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PEAK, noun
[Eng. pike, beak.]
- The top of a hill or mountain, ending in a point; as the peak of Teneriffe.
- A point; the end of any thing that terminates in a point.
- The upper corner of a sail which is extended by a gaff or yard; also, the extremity of the yard or gaff.
All definitions and other forms of “peak”
PEAK, verb intransitive
To look sickly or thin. [Not used.]
- To make a mean figure; to sneak. [Not used.]
PEAK, verb transitive
To raise a gaff or yard more obliquely to the mast.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.