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 called Christianity), non-Jews must be circumcised and obey the whole Torah, including the added rabbinical traditions. Today, the term is also used of the belief that the whole Torah must be obeyed in order to either gain salvation or to be identified with modern Messianic Judaism. A common error within much of the modern Messianic movement. 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 — The Garden of Eden … paradise

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

G‑d (some names of) — Adonai, Elohim, El Shaddai, YHVH, 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

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 G‑d 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)

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 — 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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