HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1488
גֵּז
gez — fleece
1) a shearing, mowing 1a) shearing, that sheared off 1b) a mowing, mown grass
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Fleece
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1492
גִּזָּה
gaz.zah — fleece
fleece
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21408
κῴδιον
— fleece
fleece
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8838
πόκος
pokos — fleece
1. wool in its raw state, a fleece , (Iliad by Homer), etc.: a lock or tuft of wool , (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. proverbial in heterocl. accusative of 3rd declension, εἰς ὄνου πόκας to an ass shearing , i. e. to no-place, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6787
צְמָרַיִם
tse.ma.ra.yim — (Mount) Zemaraim
§ Zemaraim = "double fleece of wool" a hill in Ephraim
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9213
στρωμνή
strōmnē — a strewn bed
a bed spread or prepared; generally, a bed, couch , (Pindar), etc.: a mattress, bedding , (Xenophon Historicus); στρ. ἄφθιτος, of the golden fleece, (Pindar) from στρώτης (ML)
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The wool of a sheep, whether shorn off or still attached to the skin (Deut. 18:4; Job 31:20). The miracle of Gideon’s fleece (Judg. 6:37-40) consisted in the dew having fallen at one time on the fleece without any on the floor, and at another time in the fleece remaining dry while the ground was wet with dew.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.