Word: MIFXB

Pronounce: gher-ee-zeem'

Strong: H1630

Orig: plural of an unused noun from 1629 (compare 1511), cut up (i.e. rocky); Gerizim, a mountain of Palestine:--Gerizim. H1629 H1511

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Gerizim = "cuttings off"

1) 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