Gihon

English

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew גִּיחוֹן (Giḥôn). Doublet of Jayhoun.

Proper noun

Gihon

2. (Abrahamism) A river issuing out of the Garden of Eden.

Related terms

• Jayhoun
• Jihun

Translations

Biblical river

• Arabic: جَيْحُون (jayḥūn), جِيحُون (jīḥūn)
• Aramaic: גִּיחוֹן (Gīḥōn)
• Hebrew: גיחון (Gikhon)
• Persian: جیحون (fa) (jeyhun)

See also

• Pishon
• Tigris
• Euphrates

Anagrams

• hongi, ohing