גִּיד gîyd

Meaning

a thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendon

In the King James Version: sinew.

Derivation: probably from H1464 (גּוּד);

Where it is used

• Genesis 32:32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
• Job 10:11 You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
• Job 40:17 His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
• Isaiah 48:4 For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
• Ezekiel 37:6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
• Ezekiel 37:8 As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.