BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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 · H1493
gi.zo.ni — Gizonite
Someone descended from Gizon(?), only mentioned at 1Ch.11.34 § Gizonite = "shearer: quarryman" a descendant from or inhabitant of Gizon (otherwise unknown)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2044
ha.shem — Hashem
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.32; also called Hashem at 1Ch.11.34; Another name of ya.shen (יָשֵׁן "Jashen" H3464) § Hashem = "fat" a Gizonite, father of some sons who were members of David's mighty warriors
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →A name given to Hashem, an inhabitant of Gizoh, a place somewhere in the mountains of Judah (1 Chr. 11:34; 2 Sam. 23:32, 34).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
