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Kid

גְּדִיStrong’s H1423

gedi (ge-di)

Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Gedi is the Hebrew word usually translated “kid of”, “kid” and “kids of”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.

“Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:”
Genesis 27:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. Kid, young male goat
How it's translated
  • a kid of 3
  • a kid 3
  • kids of 2
  • kid of 2
  • kid 2
  • the kid 1
  • with a kid of 1
  • kids 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 5
  • Judges 5
  • Exodus 2
  • 1 Samuel 2
  • Deuteronomy 1
  • Isaiah 1

6 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

גְּדִי gedi · kid

kid, young male goat

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “kid” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

KID, noun

[Latin hoedus; vulgar.]

  1. A young goat.
  2. A faggot; a bundle of heath and furze.
All definitions and other forms of “kid”

    KID, verb transitive

    or i. To bring forth a young goat.

    1. To make into a bundle, as faggots.

    KID, verb transitive

    To show, discover or make known.

      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.