# H1521 גִּיחוֹן

גִּיחוֹן (Gîychôwn), Strong’s H1521: Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem KJV: Gihon.. Occurs 6 times.

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

KJV: Gihon.

Derived from [גִּיחַ gîyach](https://besorah.bible/word/H1518) (to gush forth)

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- גִּיחוֹן n.pr.fl. (a bursting forth)
- 1 one of the rivers of Eden
- 2 spring of water near Jerusalem

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 2:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=13) — The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
- [1 Kings 1:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=33) — The king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and…
- [1 Kings 1:38](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=38) — So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down…
- [1 Kings 1:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=45) — Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so…
- [2 Chronicles 32:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/32?v=30) — This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west…
- [2 Chronicles 33:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/33?v=14) — Now after this, he built an outer wall to David’s city on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance…