גֵּרָה gerah

Hebrew word for “cud” · Strong’s H1625 · used 11 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

cud

How it is translated

Glosses given for gerah in context, with how often each is used:

• cud 11

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 11 (6), Deuteronomy 14 (3)

Forms

• גרה 8
• הגרה 2
• וגרה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gerah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• פָּרַס paras “to divide” 9
• פַּרְסָה parsah “hoof” 9
• שָׁסַע shasa “to cleave” 5
• טָמֵא tame “unclean” 7
• שֶׁסַע shesa “cleft” 4
• כֶם khem “you” 7
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 7
• אַרְנֶבֶת arnevet “hare” 2
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 5
• חֲזִיר chazir “swine” 2
• בְּהֵמָה behemah “animal” 3
• שָׁפָן shaphan “Shaphan” 2

Key verses

The verses using gerah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 11:3 — Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
• Leviticus 11:4 — Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the…
• Leviticus 11:5 — And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
• Leviticus 11:6 — And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
• Leviticus 11:7 — And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
• Leviticus 11:26 — The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be…
• Deuteronomy 14:6 — And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
• Deuteronomy 14:7 — Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew…
• Deuteronomy 14:8 — And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.