Gêz — H1488

Definition

masculine noun

a fleece (as shorn); also mown grass

1. a shearing, mowing
1. shearing, that sheared off
2. a mowing, mown grass

Usually translated as

fleece, mown grass, mowing

Origin

from H1494

• Derived from Gazâz (H1494)

Occurrences

Gêz occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Amos (1)

• Numbers 32:16 — And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
• Deuteronomy 18:4 — The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece (גֵּ֥ז) of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
• Job 31:20 — If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece (וּמִגֵּ֥ז) of my sheep;
• Psalms 72:6 — He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass (גֵּ֑ז): as showers that water the earth.
• Amos 7:1 — Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings (גִּזֵּ֥י).