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גִּר

gir

chalk

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Strong’s H1615Noun, masculine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

chalk1

In the text

Isaiah 27:9גִר
Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

גִּר n.[m.] chalk, lime Is 27:9.

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.