גֹּרֶן (H1637) — Hebrew Lexicon

גֹּרֶן

𐤂𐤓𐤍

gôren

H1637 noun

SILEX Entry

Root גרן to smooth, to make level, to prepare a surface

Definition

A hard, flat surface—typically a levelled area of earth or rock—used for threshing grain, usually located outside settlements; by extension, any open, prepared space, especially one associated with agricultural processing. In rare uses, denotes the place itself even when not in use for threshing.

Semantic Range

threshing-floor, levelled area for processing and winnowing grain, agricultural open space, place of gathering or ritual, symbolic or historical site

Root / Etymology

The noun גֹּרֶן (gôren) is traditionally connected to a hypothesized root meaning 'to smooth, to lay level,' though this exact root is not attested in biblical or later Hebrew. The word likely denotes a smoothed, level space prepared for the processing of grain. Though some suggest a link to roots in related Semitic languages, its precise etymology remains uncertain.

Historical & Contextual Notes

During the patriarchal and monarchic periods, the threshing-floor (gôren) functioned as a critical site for separating grain from chaff—a communal agricultural facility, often located outside city walls for access to wind needed for winnowing. The gôren could serve as a temporary gathering place or landmark (Ruth 3:2–14; 2 Samuel 24:16–25). In later usage, especially during the monarchy, some threshing-floors acquired cultic or symbolic importance (notably, Araunah's threshing-floor, which became the site of Solomon's Temple—2 Chronicles 3:1). The term is distinct from אסם ('āsam, granary/storehouse) and עֲמִיר ('amîr, sheaf pile), both denoting storage rather than processing spaces. English translations usually render gôren as 'threshing-floor,' but this does not always capture its function as a multipurpose agricultural or social space. In the post-exilic and later periods, the term survives mainly in historical or figurative usage; it is rare in Second Temple texts and post-biblical Hebrew except in reference to biblical threshing-floors.

Translation Consistency

primary "threshing floor" 23 occurrences

Gôren is almost always a physical, levelled area used for threshing grain. 'Threshing floor' is the most natural, familiar English noun that captures the primary agricultural meaning and the extended symbolic/place senses. It matches the most frequent renderings in the data and will read naturally across contexts.

Alternatives (14 occurrences):

"leveled threshing-floor" (7x) "threshing-floor" (4x) "levelled threshing-floors" (2x) "threshing floors" (1x)

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from an unused root meaning to smooth; a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area; (barn, corn, threshing-) floor, (threshing-, void) place.

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Root Family

גרן (g-r-n) — to smooth, to make level, to prepare a surface

Word Forms

14 distinct forms

SIDANCE	Surface	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2	Occurrences
`H1637-05`	גֹּ֣רֶן	goren	`HNcbsc`	threshing floor	levelled threshing-surface	threshing floor of	9
`H1637-08`	הַ/גֹּ֔רֶן	hagoren	`HTd/Ncbsa`	the threshing floor	the levelled threshing-floor	the levelled threshing floor	9
`H1637-02`	בְּ/גֹ֨רֶן֙	begoren	`HR/Ncbsc`	at the threshing floor	in a leveled threshing-floor	in a leveled threshing-floor	7
`H1637-07`	הַ/גֳּרָנֽוֹת	hagoranot	`HTd/Ncbpa`	the threshing floors	the levelled threshing-floors	the levelled threshing-floors	2
`H1637-10`	מִֽ/גָּרְנְ/ךָ֖	migarenekha	`HR/Ncbsc/Sp2ms`	from your threshing floor	from your leveled threshing-floor	from your threshing floor	1
`H1637-04`	גָּרְנ֥וֹת	garenot	`HNcbpc`	threshing floors	levelled threshing-places of	threshing floors	1
`H1637-01`	בַּ/גֹּ֑רֶן	bagoren	`HRd/Ncbsa`	on the threshing floor	in the levelled threshing-floor	on the threshing floor	1
`H1637-06`	גֹּֽרְנָ/ה	gorenah	`HNcbsa/Sd`	to the threshing floor	toward the leveled threshing-floor	toward the leveled threshing-floor	1
`H1637-09`	כְּ/גֹ֖רֶן	kegoren	`HR/Ncbsa`	like a threshing floor	like a levelled threshing-floor	like a threshing floor	1
`H1637-11`	מִ/גֹּ֔רֶן	migoren	`HR/Ncbsa`	from the threshing floor	from a leveled threshing-floor	from the threshing floor	1
`H1637-13`	וְֽ/גָרְנְ/ךָ֥	vegarenekha	`HC/Ncbsc/Sp2ms`	and your threshing floor	and your leveled threshing-floor	and your leveled threshing-floor	1
`H1637-14`	ו/גורנ/ך	vgvrnkh	`HC/Ncbsc/Sp2fs`	and your throat	and your levelled threshing-floor	and your threshing-floor	1
`H1637-12`	וּ/מִֽ/גָּרְנְ/ךָ֖	umigarenekha	`HC/R/Ncbsc/Sp2ms`	and from your threshing floor	and from your leveled threshing-floor	and from your threshing-floor	1
`H1637-03`	גָּרְנִ֑/י	gareni	`HNcbsc/Sp1cs`	of my threshing floor	my levelled threshing-floor	my threshing-floor	1

Occurrences in Scripture

37 occurrences

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SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2
`H1637-05`	Genesis 50:10	גֹּ֣רֶן	goren	`HNcbsc`	the threshing floor	levelled threshing-surface	threshing floor of
`H1637-02`	Genesis 50:11	בְּ/גֹ֨רֶן֙	begoren	`HR/Ncbsc`	at the threshing floor	in a leveled threshing-floor	in a leveled threshing-floor
`H1637-05`	Numbers 15:20	גֹּ֔רֶן	goren	`HNcbsa`	threshing floor	levelled threshing-surface	threshing floor of
`H1637-08`	Numbers 18:27	הַ/גֹּ֔רֶן	hagoren	`HTd/Ncbsa`	the threshing floor	the levelled threshing-floor	the levelled threshing floor
`H1637-05`	Numbers 18:30	גֹּ֖רֶן	goren	`HNcbsa`	threshing-floor	levelled threshing-surface	threshing floor of
`H1637-12`	Deuteronomy 15:14	וּ/מִֽ/גָּרְנְ/ךָ֖	umigarenekha	`HC/R/Ncbsc/Sp2ms`	and from your threshing floor	and from your leveled threshing-floor	and from your threshing-floor
`H1637-10`	Deuteronomy 16:13	מִֽ/גָּרְנְ/ךָ֖	migarenekha	`HR/Ncbsc/Sp2ms`	from your threshing floor	from your leveled threshing-floor	from your threshing floor
`H1637-01`	Judges 6:37	בַּ/גֹּ֑רֶן	bagoren	`HRd/Ncbsa`	on the threshing floor	in the levelled threshing-floor	on the threshing floor
`H1637-07`	1 Samuel 23:1	הַ/גֳּרָנֽוֹת	hagoranot	`HTd/Ncbpa`	the threshing floors	the levelled threshing-floors	the levelled threshing-floors
`H1637-05`	2 Samuel 6:6	גֹּ֣רֶן	goren	`HNcbsc`	threshing floor	levelled threshing-surface	threshing floor of
`H1637-05`	2 Samuel 24:16	גֹּ֖רֶן	goren	`HNcbsc`	the threshing floor	levelled threshing-surface	threshing floor of
`H1637-02`	2 Samuel 24:18	בְּ/גֹ֖רֶן	begoren	`HR/Ncbsc`	in the threshing floor	in a leveled threshing-floor	in the threshing floor
`H1637-08`	2 Samuel 24:21	הַ/גֹּ֗רֶן	hagoren	`HTd/Ncbsa`	the threshing floor	the levelled threshing-floor	the levelled threshing floor
`H1637-08`	2 Samuel 24:24	הַ/גֹּ֨רֶן֙	hagoren	`HTd/Ncbsa`	the threshing floor	the levelled threshing-floor	the levelled threshing floor
`H1637-02`	1 Kings 22:10	בְּ/גֹ֔רֶן	begoren	`HR/Ncbsc`	at the threshing floor	in a leveled threshing-floor	in a leveled threshing-floor
`H1637-08`	2 Kings 6:27	הַ/גֹּ֖רֶן	hagoren	`HTd/Ncbsa`	the threshing floor	the levelled threshing-floor	the levelled threshing floor
`H1637-03`	Isaiah 21:10	גָּרְנִ֑/י	gareni	`HNcbsc/Sp1cs`	of my threshing floor	my levelled threshing-floor	my threshing-floor
`H1637-14`	Jeremiah 2:25	ו/גורנ/ך	vgvrnkh	`HC/Ncbsc/Sp2fs`	and your throat	and your levelled threshing-floor	and your threshing-floor
`H1637-09`	Jeremiah 51:33	כְּ/גֹ֖רֶן	kegoren	`HR/Ncbsa`	like a threshing floor	like a levelled threshing-floor	like a threshing floor
`H1637-04`	Hosea 9:1	גָּרְנ֥וֹת	garenot	`HNcbpc`	threshing floors	levelled threshing-places of	threshing floors
`H1637-05`	Hosea 9:2	גֹּ֥רֶן	goren	`HNcbsa`	threshing floor	levelled threshing-surface	threshing floor of
`H1637-11`	Hosea 13:3	מִ/גֹּ֔רֶן	migoren	`HR/Ncbsa`	from the threshing floor	from a leveled threshing-floor	from the threshing floor
`H1637-07`	Joel 2:24	הַ/גֳּרָנ֖וֹת	hagoranot	`HTd/Ncbpa`	the threshing floors	the levelled threshing-floors	the levelled threshing-floors
`H1637-06`	Micah 4:12	גֹּֽרְנָ/ה	gorenah	`HNcbsa/Sd`	to the threshing floor	toward the leveled threshing-floor	toward the leveled threshing-floor
`H1637-13`	Job 39:12	וְֽ/גָרְנְ/ךָ֥	vegarenekha	`HC/Ncbsc/Sp2ms`	and your threshing floor	and your leveled threshing-floor	and your leveled threshing-floor
`H1637-05`	Ruth 3:2	גֹּ֥רֶן	goren	`HNcbsc`	threshing floor	levelled threshing-surface	threshing floor of
`H1637-08`	Ruth 3:3	הַ/גֹּ֑רֶן	hagoren	`HTd/Ncbsa`	to-the-threshing-floor	the levelled threshing-floor	the levelled threshing floor
`H1637-08`	Ruth 3:6	הַ/גֹּ֑רֶן	hagoren	`HTd/Ncbsa`	to the threshing floor	the levelled threshing-floor	the levelled threshing floor
`H1637-08`	Ruth 3:14	הַ/גֹּֽרֶן	hagoren	`HTd/Ncbsa`	the threshing floor	the levelled threshing-floor	the levelled threshing floor
`H1637-05`	1 Chronicles 13:9	גֹּ֣רֶן	goren	`HNcbsc`	threshing floor	levelled threshing-surface	threshing floor of
`H1637-05`	1 Chronicles 21:15	גֹּ֖רֶן	goren	`HNcbsc`	the threshing floor	levelled threshing-surface	threshing floor of
`H1637-02`	1 Chronicles 21:18	בְּ/גֹ֖רֶן	begoren	`HR/Ncbsc`	in-threshing-floor	in a leveled threshing-floor	in the threshing-floor
`H1637-08`	1 Chronicles 21:21	הַ/גֹּ֔רֶן	hagoren	`HTd/Ncbsa`	the threshing floor	the levelled threshing-floor	the levelled threshing floor
`H1637-08`	1 Chronicles 21:22	הַ/גֹּ֔רֶן	hagoren	`HTd/Ncbsa`	of the threshing floor	the levelled threshing-floor	the levelled threshing floor
`H1637-02`	1 Chronicles 21:28	בְּ/גֹ֖רֶן	begoren	`HR/Ncbsc`	on the threshing floor	in a leveled threshing-floor	in a leveled threshing-floor
`H1637-02`	2 Chronicles 3:1	בְּ/גֹ֖רֶן	begoren	`HR/Ncbsc`	on the threshing floor	in a leveled threshing-floor	in a leveled threshing-floor
`H1637-02`	2 Chronicles 18:9	בְּ/גֹ֔רֶן	begoren	`HR/Ncbsa`	at the threshing floor	in a leveled threshing-floor	in a leveled threshing-floor

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