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A Glossary of Unfamiliar Terms Compiled from numerous source documents

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Abbreviations Used In This Glossary
abbr. = abbreviated alt. = alternate Ar. = Aramaic esp. = especially	Gr. = Greek Heb. = Hebrew lit. = literally n. = noun	pl. = plural pron. = pronounced prop. = properly sg. = singular	usu. = usually v. = verb Yid. = Yiddish
Transliteration/Pronunciation Guide • Books of the Bible Proper Names • Tribes of Israel • The Mishnah
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ga’avah

conceit; haughtiness; arrogance; pride
 

ga’avtanim

proud boasters
 

Gaayonim

the Haughty ones
 

Gabai

the leader of the Synagogue (pl. Gaba’im)
 

gadlus

with remarkable superiority
 

gadol

great
 

gahn

(alt. gan) garden
 

Galatianism

An early heresy that insisted that in order to become part of primitive Messianic Judaism (later to be perverted as “Christianity” by the Roman Emperor Constantine), non-Jews must be circumcised and obey the entire Oral Tradition of the Rabbis in addition to Yeshua’s instruction to be obedient to Torah. Today, the term is also used of the erroneous belief that the whole Torah must be obeyed in order to either gain salvation or to be identified with modern Messianic Judaism. Also used disparagingly of those who expect others to follow their own personal lists of what’s right and what’s wrong. (see also Judaize)
 

Galus

Exile (“Galus mentality” is docile and submissive)
 

Gamaliel

a celebrated rabbi of the early part of the first century, the teacher of Shliach Sha’ul (the Apostle Paul)
 

Gan Eden

Paradise; literally, Garden of Eden
 

ganav

thief (pl. ganavim)
 

ganav balailah

thief in the night
 

gantz

exceedingly
 

gantze nachon

entirely correct
 

Gaon

(Excellency) Reverential title of heads of Talmudic academies of Sura and Pumbedita, Babylonia. Rabbi Elijah of Wilna was accorded that title in the eighteenth century … the head of a Torah Center in Babylonia in the post-Talmudic era (pl. Ge’onim)
 

gargeer hakhitah

grain of wheat
 

gartel

belt
 

God (some names of)

Adonai, Elohim, El Shaddai, YHWH, HaKadosh Baruch Hu, Ribono shel Olam, Harachaman, Avinu Shebashamayim
 

geder

classification
 

gedolah

great (pl. gedolim)
 

Gedolim

Great Ones; Great (Rabbinic) Leaders
 

gedulah

greatness
 

gefeirlich

horribly
 

gefilte fish

(Yid.) fish balls or cakes made of ground fish, eggs, matzo meal, onions, and spices
 

Gehinnom

(alt. Gehinom) lit. Valley of Hinnom, the Jerusalem city dump where the fires from the burning refuse were never extinguished; Yeshua used this place as a type or picture when teaching of the place of punishment of the unregenerate in the afterlife … Hell
 

Gelili

inhabitant of the Galil (Galilee)
 

gelt

(Yid.) money; traditionally given as a Hanukah gift and used for the dreidel game
 

Gemar Chatimah Tovah

lit. “May the final sealing be good” … traditional greeting from the end of Rosh haShanah through Yom Kippur
 

Gemara

collection of legal and ethical discussions of the rabbis of the third through the fifth centuries, edited about 500 CE; together with the Mishnah forms the Talmud
 

Gematria

finding meanings in the numerical value of Hebrew letters and words; Jewish numerology
 

gemul tzodek

just retribution
 

genevot

thefts
 

Gentile

of or pertaining to any people who are not Jewish
 

ger

(alt. gioret ) properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner

alien, sojourner, stranger

the masculine and feminine forms of the Hebrew term for convert or proselyte (pl. gerim)
 

Ger Sheker

proselyte who declares full conversion for ulterior motives
 

Ger Toshav

proselyte who accepts monotheism and the Noahide laws, and who receives courtesies and privileges
 

Ger Tzedek

full convert of true conviction, in all respects to be considered a Jew
 

gerim

proselytes (sg. ger)
 

gerush shedim

exorcism
 

gerusha

divorcee
 

Gerut

the process of conversion to Judaism
 

geshem

rain
 

geshmak

pleasure
 

geshrai

a scream
 

get

religious divorce; the word is used to refer to a Jewish bill of divorcement
 

geter iska

“transaction permit” allowing a money lender to take interest by making him a partner of the borrower sharing his profits
 

geulah

redemption
 

gevaltike

(Yid.) extraordinary
 

gever

male
 

geviya; geviyah

corpse
 

gevurah

miraculous power
 

gevurot

mighty deeds
 

Gevurot Geshamim

“the Power of Rain”, a Praise to God for the revelation of His powers in Nature, added to the silent prayer
 

gezar din

verdict
 

gezel

robbery
 

Gezerah

laws or traditions added by the Pharisees as “fences” around the existing law in an attempt to prevent it from being broken
 

gibbor

strong man
 

gidduf

blasphemy
 

giddufim

revilements
 

gilui arayot

sexual immorality
 

giyyur

proselytization
 

gneyvot

thefts
 

Go’el

Redeemer
 

Go’el Yisrael

“The Redeemer of Israel”, one of the eighteen benedictions of the Amidah prayer
 

gofrit

sulfur
 

goilomim; goilem

foolish people
 

goirem

driving force
 

goires

listen to
 

golus

exile
 

gonvei nefesh

kidnapper; slave dealers
 

gor

very
 

Goy

nation, foreigner, stranger, Gentile, non-Jew (pl. Goyim)
 

goyim

nations; generally applied to non-Jews, but also used to refer to the nation of Israel

grahda

as a matter of fact; in reality
 

Great Hallel, The

Hebrew designation for Psalm 136 (see Hallel)
 

grogger

(alt. greegers, graggers) noisemaker used to drown out Haman’s name during the reading of the Megillah on Purim
 

groise

eminent
 

guddal

being brought up
 

gufaniyut

corporeality; having a physical body
 

gufot

bodies
 

Gulgolta

 (alt. Golgoltha) a hill outside Yerushalayim called “the Skull” on which Yeshua was crucified. Sometimes referred to as Calvary. Some believe this to be Mt. Moriah, the site of Avraham/Abraham’s offering of Yitz’chak/Isaac
 

gzeira

authoritative command
 

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