Lexical Summary Gishpa: one of the Nethinim Original Word: גִּשְׁפָּאTransliteration: Gishpa Phonetic Spelling: (ghish-paw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: one of the Nethinim Meaning: Gishpa -- one of the Nethinim Strong's Concordance Gispa Of uncertain derivation; Gishpa, an Israelite -- Gispa. Brown-Driver-Briggs H1658. Gishpa גִּשְׁמָּא proper name, masculine named after צִיחָא as an officer of Nethinim Nehemiah 11:21; see om. B; ᵐ5L & Manuscripts Γεσφα; name not elsewhere in OT, not even "" 1 Chronicles 9; possibly corrupted from חֲשֻׂפָא 7:46 (following צִחָא; in "" Ezra 2:43 צִיחָא חֲשׁוּפָא,), ᵐ5 Ἁσφα (B; Manuscripts Ασειφα, etc.); compare BeRy. גשׁר (√ of following compare Assyrian gašâru, strengthen, make firm LotzTPRegister; Arabic be bold, also arch a bridge, compare , bridge, Late Hebrew גֶּשֶׁר id., Aramaic גִּישְׁרָא, , ). |
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