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Aramaic

To strive

גִּיחַStrong’s H1519

giach (gi-ach)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Giach is the Aramaic word usually translated “stirring up”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.”
Daniel 7:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Aphel) to break forth
How it's translated
  • stirring up 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 1

1 book in all.

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    Aramaic dictionary

    גִּיחַ giach · to strive

    (Aphel) to break forth Aramaic of gi.ach (גִּיחַ "to burst/come out" H1518)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    STRIVE, verb intransitive

    preterit tense strove; participle passive striven. [G. This word coincides in elements with drive, and the primary sense is nearly the same. See Rival.]

    1. To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard; applicable to exertions of body or mind.“STRIVE with me in your prayers to God for me” Romans 15:30“STRIVE to enter in at the strait gate” Luke 13:24
    2. To contend; to contest; to struggle in opposition to another; to be in contention or dispute; followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth.“My spirit shall not always strive with man” Genesis 6:3
    3. To oppose by contrariety of qualities.
    4. To vie; to be comparable to; to emulate; to contend in excellence.

    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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.