גֶּזַע gezaʻ

Meaning

the trunk or stump of atree (as felled or as planted)

In the King James Version: stem, stock.

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to cut down (trees);

Where it is used

• Job 14:8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
• Isaiah 11:1 Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
• Isaiah 40:24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.