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Throat

גָּרוֹןStrong’s H1627

garon (ga-ron)

Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Garon is the Hebrew word usually translated “throat their”, “throat my” and “neck”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

“For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.”
Psalms 5:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. Neck, throatneck · throat
How it's translated
  • throat their 1
  • throat my 1
  • with throat their 1
  • in throat their 1
  • of neck 1
  • with a throat 1
  • and throat your 1
  • neck your 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 4
  • Isaiah 2
  • Jeremiah 1
  • Ezekiel 1

4 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

גָּרוֹן garon · throat

1) neck, throat 1a) neck 1b) throat 1b1) of open sepulchre (fig.)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

THROAT, noun

  1. The anterior part of the neck of an animal, in which are the gullet and windpipe, or the passages for the food and breath.
  2. In seamen's language, that end of a gaff which is next the mast.
  3. In ship-building, the inside of the knee-timber at the middle or turns of the arms; also, the inner part of the arms of an anchor where they join the shank; and the middle part of a floor-timber.
All definitions and other forms of “throat”

    THROAT, verb transitive

    To mow beans in a direction against their bending. [Local.]

      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.