Strong’s
H1521Proper name, a place6 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Genesis 2:13גִּיחוֹן
The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
- 1 Kings 1:33גִּחוֹן
“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
- 2 Chronicles 32:30גִיחוֹן
It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
גִּיחוֹן n.pr.fl. (a bursting forth)
1. one of the rivers of Eden
2. spring of water near Jerusalem
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.