Furrow
גְּדוּדStrong’s H1417gedud (ge-dud)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gedud is the Hebrew word usually translated “ridges its” and “cuts”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.”
Meaning
- Something cut, furrow, cuttinga furrow · cuttings (as a sign of mourning)
How it's translated
- ridges its 1
- cuts 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
- Jeremiah 1
2 books in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
גְּדוּד gedud · furrow
1) something cut, furrow, cutting 1a) a furrow 1b) cuttings (as a sign of mourning) Also means: ge.du.dah (גְּדוּדָה "furrow" H1418)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “furrow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FUR'ROW, noun
[Gr. to plow.]
- A trench in the earth made by a plow.
- A long narrow trench or channel in wood or metal; a groove.
- A hollow made by wrinkles in the face.
All definitions and other forms of “furrow”
FUR'ROW, verb transitive
- To cut a furrow; to make furrows in; to plow.
- To make long narrow channels or grooves in.
- To cut; to make channels in; to plow; as, to furrow the deep.
- To make hollows in by wrinkles.
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.