Bank
גָּדָהStrong’s H1415gadah (ga-dah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gadah is the Hebrew word usually translated “banks its”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)”
Meaning
- A river bank
How it's translated
- banks its 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 2
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Isaiah 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 4:18And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
- 1 Chronicles 12:15These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
- Isaiah 8:7Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
Hebrew dictionary
גָּדָה gadah · bank
a river bank Also means: gid.yah (גִּדְיָה "bank" H1428)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bank” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BANK, noun
[Bank and bench are radically the same word. The sense is, that which is set, laid or extended. Applied to a mass of earth, it is a collection, that which is thrown or laid together.]
- A mound, pile or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding plain, either as a defense or for other purposes. 2 Samuel 20:15
- Any steep acclivity, whether rising from a river, a lake, or the sea, or forming the side of a ravine, or the steep side of a hillock on a plain.
- A bench, or a bench of rowers, in a galley; so called from their seat.
- By analogy, a collection or stock of money, deposited, by a number of persons, for a particular use; that is, an aggregate of particulars, or a fund; as, to establish a bank that is a joint fund.
All definitions and other forms of “bank”
- The place where a collection of money is deposited; a common repository of the money of individuals or of companies; also a house used for a bank
- A company of persons concerned in a bank whether a private association, or an incorporated company; the stockholders of a bank or their representatives, the directors, acting in their corporate capacity.
- An elevation, or rising ground, in the sea; called also flats, shoals, shelves or shallows.
BANK, verb transitive
To raise a mound or dyke; to inclose, defend or fortify with a bank; as, to bank a house.
- To pass by the banks of.
- To lay up or deposit money in a bank (Little used.]
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.