Gîychôwn — H1521

Definition

masculine proper noun

Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem

1. Gihon = "bursting forth"
2. one of the four rivers of the Garden of Eden
3. a spring near Jerusalem where the anointing and proclaiming of Solomon as king took place

Usually translated as

Gihon

Origin

or (shortened) Gichôwn; from H1518; stream

• Derived from Gîyach (H1518)

Occurrences

Gîychôwn occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), 1 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (2)

• Genesis 2:13 — And the name of the second river is Gihon (גִּיח֑וֹן): the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
• 1 Kings 1:33 — The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon (גִּחֽוֹן):
• 1 Kings 1:38 — So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon (גִּחֽוֹן).
• 1 Kings 1:45 — And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon (בְּגִח֗וֹן): and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
• 2 Chronicles 32:30 — This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon (גִיחוֹן֙), and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
• 2 Chronicles 33:14 — Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon (לְגִיח֨וֹן), in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.