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גְּרִזִים

ge.ri.zim(Mount) Gerizim
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place4 occurrences3 books4 verses
This is the name of the place Mount Gerizim: Mountain in Samaria; site of blessings and Jotham's parable.

Definition

plural of an unused noun from H1629 (compare H1511), cut up (i.e. rocky); Gerizim, a mountain of Palestine
Traditional renderings: Gerizim.

Glossary entries

Mount Gerizim Mount Gerizim

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

4 total
  1. Deuteronomy 11:29גְּרִזִ֔ים · Gerizim
    When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
  2. Deuteronomy 27:12גְּרִזִ֔ים · Gerizim
    “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
  3. Joshua 8:33גְּרִזִ֔ים · Gerizim
    All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
  4. Judges 9:7גְּרִזִ֔ים · Gerizim
    When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.