H1630

גְּרִזִים

ge.ri.zimN:N--L

(Mount) Gerizim

§ Gerizim = "cuttings off" a mountain in northern Israel in Ephraim near Shechem from which the blessings were read to the Israelites on entering Canaan; site of the Samaritan temple built after the captivity

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

גְּרִזִּים proper name, of a location mountain in Northern Israel, south of Sichem (Nabulus), opposite Ebal (עֵיבָל), which was on north; only ׳הַר ג Deut 11:29; Deut 27:12; Josh 8:33; Judg 9:7 modern Jebel et‰-ˆôr RobBR ii. 274 ff. BdPal 220, 222.


4 occurrences

Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (1), Judges (1)