What does גֹּרֶן (gōren) mean in the Bible?
גֹּרֶן (gōren): Open, leveled space designed for separating grain; extends metaphorically to any public or communal gathering area.
Hebrew · H1637
גֹּרֶן
A threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area
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גֹּרֶן H1637
Pronunciation gōren
What does גֹּרֶן (gōren) mean in the Bible?
גֹּרֶן (gōren): Open, leveled space designed for separating grain; extends metaphorically to any public or communal gathering area.
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How does the BSB render H1637?
The BSB source-word alignment has 37 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the threshing floor (10), on the threshing floor (6), to the threshing floor (4), at the threshing floor (3), the threshing floors (2).
Where does גֹּרֶן (gōren) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 50:10. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Chronicles (6), 2 Samuel (5), Ruth (4), Hosea (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the threshing floor 10× Genesis 50:10, Numbers 18:27, 2 Samuel 6:6, 2 Samuel 24:16
on the threshing floor 6× Judges 6:37, Ruth 3:2, 2 Samuel 24:18, 1 Chronicles 21:18
to the threshing floor 4× Ruth 3:3, Ruth 3:6, Ruth 3:14, Micah 4:12
at the threshing floor 3× 1 Kings 22:10, 1 Chronicles 21:28, 2 Chronicles 18:9
the threshing floors 2× 1 Samuel 23:1, Joel 2:24
your threshing floor 2× Deuteronomy 15:14, 2 Samuel 24:21
. . . 1× Genesis 50:11
[the produce of] your threshing floor 1× Deuteronomy 16:13
and your throat 1× Jeremiah 2:25
from a threshing floor 1× Hosea 13:3
from the threshing floor 1× Numbers 15:20
is like a threshing floor 1× Jeremiah 51:33
of the threshing floor 1× Numbers 18:30
of this threshing floor 1× 1 Chronicles 21:22
threshing floor 1× Hosea 9:1
to your threshing floor 1× Job 39:12
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 50:10 גֹּ֣רֶן to the threshing floor Noun - proper Genesis 50:11 בְּגֹ֙רֶן֙ to . . . Noun - proper Numbers 15:20 גֹּ֔רֶן to from the threshing floor Noun - feminine singular Numbers 18:27 הַגֹּ֔רֶן to the threshing floor Article | Noun - feminine singular Numbers 18:30 גֹּ֖רֶן to of the threshing floor Noun - feminine singular Deuteronomy 15:14 וּמִֽגָּרְנְךָ֖ to your threshing floor Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Deuteronomy 16:13 מִֽגָּרְנְךָ֖ to [the produce of] your threshing floor Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Judges 6:37 בַּגֹּ֑רֶן to on the threshing floor Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Ruth 3:2 גֹּ֥רֶן to on the threshing floor Noun - feminine singular construct Ruth 3:3 הַגֹּ֑רֶן to to the threshing floor Article | Noun - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 50:10
Aligned rows 37
Books represented 17
Genesis 2 Numbers 3 Deuteronomy 2 Judges 1 Ruth 4 1 Samuel 1 2 Samuel 5 1 Kings 1 2 Kings 1 1 Chronicles 6 2 Chronicles 2 Job 1 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 2 Hosea 3 Joel 1 Micah 1
Source forms
בְּגֹ֖רֶן 4x bə·ḡō·ren 2 Samuel 24:18, 1 Chronicles 21:18, 1 Chronicles 21:28, 2 Chronicles 3:1
גֹּ֣רֶן 3x gō·ren Genesis 50:10, 2 Samuel 6:6, 1 Chronicles 13:9
גֹּ֖רֶן 3x gō·ren Numbers 18:30, 2 Samuel 24:16, 1 Chronicles 21:15
הַגֹּ֔רֶן 3x hag·gō·ren Numbers 18:27, 1 Chronicles 21:21, 1 Chronicles 21:22
בְּגֹ֔רֶן 2x bə·ḡō·ren 1 Kings 22:10, 2 Chronicles 18:9
גֹּ֥רֶן 2x gō·ren Ruth 3:2, Hosea 9:2
הַגֹּ֑רֶן 2x hag·gō·ren Ruth 3:3, Ruth 3:6
בְּגֹ֙רֶן֙ 1x bə·ḡō·ren Genesis 50:11
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - feminine singular 9x Numbers 18:27, Ruth 3:3, Ruth 3:6, Ruth 3:14
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct 5x 2 Samuel 24:18, 1 Kings 22:10, 1 Chronicles 21:18, 1 Chronicles 21:28
Noun - proper 4x Genesis 50:10, Genesis 50:11, 2 Samuel 6:6, 1 Chronicles 13:9
Noun - feminine singular 3x Numbers 15:20, Numbers 18:30, Hosea 9:2
Noun - feminine singular construct 3x Ruth 3:2, 2 Samuel 24:16, 1 Chronicles 21:15
Article | Noun - feminine plural 2x 1 Samuel 23:1, Joel 2:24
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular 1x Job 39:12
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular 1x Jeremiah 2:25
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Open, leveled space designed for separating grain; extends metaphorically to any public or communal gathering area.
Source Gloss
a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Open, leveled space designed for separating grain; extends metaphorically to any public or communal gathering area.
a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area BDB: threshing-floor Usage: (barn, corn, threshing-) floor, (threshing-, void) place.
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Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Time of harvest and judgment, threshing floor as place of processing grain
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain