"Gore" in Alphabetics

What the alphabetical sequence of word definitions have to say about "gore"

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Definition of "gore" in the English Dictionary

In other cultures, the meanings of names are taken very seriously.  Not always do people's lives coincide with the meaning of their name, but more often than not they do.  Here is the meaning of "gore" in Webster's '61 English dictionary.

¹gore 1 now dial Brit : a caked mass of filth or dirt of any kind 2 a : Blood; esp : thick or clotted blood b archaic : a pool or mass of blood.
²gore 1 a : a small triangular piece of land b : a relatively small unassigned or disputed tract of land lying between larger political divisions.
⁴gore 1 : to pierce or penetrate with a pointed instrument 2 : to pierce or wound with the horns or tusk.

These definitions come on page 980.  For what it's worth, word 980 in the New Testament lexicon, bioo, means "to live, to pass one's life," with derivative biosis, manner of life.  It is very close in vicinity to 979, bios from which the word "biography" is derived.

Page 980 of Zodhiates' NT lexicon has the following definitions

3364 ou me not at all, no never.
3365 medamos by no means.
3366 mede Neither, nor, not even.
3367 medeis Not even one, no one.

What does that mean?

Words around "gore" in Gesenius' Old Testament Lexicon

The words "gore"/"gored" are found in one place in the Old Testament: Exodus 21:28,31 and are used in the sense of definition 4 above.

They are word number 5055 in Gesenius Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament, which lists all the (Hebrew) words alphabetically.

That line-up of 5055 is curious considering the 666 that is the sum of the name "al gore" in ASCII code.

Word 5505 (switching the numbers around in the middle) in the OT lexicon means "(1) mart, emporium; (2) wealth resulting from merchandize"

Word 5505 in the NT lexicon (Zodhiates) is on a page that faces the definition for word 5516, ch x s which is the word that stands for 666 in Rev. 13:18.

Word 5055 in that same NT lexicon is of particular interest in our context:

5055 teleo To make and end or to accomplish, to complete something, not merely to end it, but to bring it to perfection or its destined goal, to carry it through.

That seems like a noble trait, and indeed many might ascribe this trait to Al Gore.  The question is, to what end?  It's not enough just to stand for something, unless attention is paid to what is being stood for.  The word definition for 5505 ends with the following explanations:

5055 . . . (II) To accomplish, fulfill, execute fully a rule or law....
(III) By implication, to pay off or in full, such as taxes, tribute, which is also the meaning of telos (5056). A tax, toll, custom.

Hmmm.

We still haven't looked at the words round 5055 in the Gesenius' Old Testament lexicon.

One thing about word and number definitions is that there is a phenomenon of opposites so that for virually every name and number there is an opposite meaning or manifestation.  Which one is applicable to us is really up to us, for we are all free to choose

In the case of Al Gore, if he were a God-fearing, meek soldier for the Lord, then we might without hesitation apply the positive meanings in conjunction with his name.  However, to be more honest with reality, the opposite ramifications ought to be considered as well.

5048 the front part, the front, the side of a thing which is next to the spectator.

A public figure comes to mind.

5050 to shine, to be bright; (1) to make (one's own light) to shine; (2) to illuminate.

The conspiratorial illuminate comes to mind.  Lucifer means 'light bearer,' and he and his followers loves to present their case as if it were the one true light.

Words 5051 through 5054 all have to do with light, shining, and brightness.

5055 to push, strike with the horn, used of horned animals. ...Used figuratively of a victor, who prostrates the nations before him; ...to wage war.
5056 apt to push

In a positive sense, Gen. 49 refers to Joseph as being one who will push together the tribes of Israel form the ends of the earth, or gather them.  The negative manifestation would involved the use of tyrannical force to bring about a counterfeit of this unification of the world.

5057 a prince, a leader, ruler.

This definition, in such close proximity to word 5055, which is the word translated "gore" in Exo. 21, lends strength to the idea of there being an intended correlation here.

Word 5055 on Page 531

All these definitions above, 5048 (last half) through 5057 (and more) are found on page 531 of Gesenius' OT lexicon.  Word number 531 in the NT lexicon (Zodhiates) means "unchangeable."  This is reminiscent of the various parody occurrences of the word "foundation" in relation to the words surrounding "bush" in the New and Old Testament lexicon. In those instances, the folly of trusting in the arm of flesh was contrasted with the wisdom of trusting in God.  Here, that the opposite meaning is intended is highlighted in that the single antonym given is word 2000, "insecure."  2000, of course, is the year of this current election.

[See the extensive study on the number 531 in relation to the Book of Mormon.]

Word 531 in the OT lexicon means "strong," and the two words before and after it have the meaning of "firmness, security, faithfulness."  And word 534 means "the head, top, summit."

Striking a contrast with the arrogance of those who suppose they are the ones in charge when it is God who is ultimately in charge here, the next word means:

535,536 to languish, to droop, to hang down the head; to be sad, of a land laid waste, of walls thrown down.

Word 2000 in the NT lexicon means, "literally, near to falling, ready to fall, not firm, insecure, dangerous."

[See write-up on Year 2000 in Alphabetics.]

Chiasm around "gore" in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible

. . The words surrounding "Gore" in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible seem to address the notion of the anti-Christ sitting at the heart, and needing to be removed by God. Listed in alphabetical order, the words are arranged in a chiasm with "Gore" in the center:

A.. . Golan (in Bashan [oaks of Bashan])
. . B.. . gold, golden, goldsmith, goldsmith's, goldsmiths [refine them as gold and silver]
. . . . C.. . Golgotha
. . . . . . D.. . Goliath [stone];
. . . . . . . . E.. . Gomer (Ge 2:2 sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog [& Gog]);
. . . . . . . . . . F.. . Gomorrah; Gomorrha;
. . . . . . . . . . . . G.. . gone;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.. . good, goodlier, goodliest, goodliness, goodly, goodman, goodness;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.. . goods; [(prosperity) "merchandise"]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.. . gopher (Ge 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood);
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.. . gore (Ex 21:28 If an ox gore a man); gored;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.. . gorgeous, gorgeously ["beauty"]; Goshen;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.. . gospel, gospel's;
. . . . . . . . . . . . G.. . got, gotten
. . . . . . . . . . F.. . gourd, gourds [story of Jonah, repentance of Ninevah];
. . . . . . . . E.. . govern, government, governments, governor, governor's, governors; [final battle for the kingdom]
. . . . . . D.. . Gozan [= 1470Heb: "stone quarry"]
. . . . C.. . grace, gracious, graciously;
. . B.. . graff, graffed, graft [into the natural tree]
A.. . grain ["corn"]

This chiasm was originally discovered in 1997 in relation to a study on the names of the current LDS 'prophet,' Gordon Bitner Hinckley.  The center of the above chiasm is actually the name "Gordon."

Curiously, the name Gore is alphabetically quite close to the word "gospel" in the English language.

With this juxtaposition of the name "Gordon" and "Gore," it is interesting to note that the first endorsement on the back cover of President Hinckley's book, Standing for Something, is by Senator Joseph Lieberman, a liberal democrat who is avidly pro-abortion, including partial birth abortions.  But whose to complain?  The endorsement did help to get the book onto the New York Times bestseller list.  Think of all the lives that will be touched for "good" . . . right?  Senator Lieberman certainly stands for something.  And now he is vice presidential candidate, increasing the 'credibility' of the endorsement of Hinckley's book.

Hmmm.  With all these references to worldly foundations toppling, who will remain standing when God is through with the great division that is coming, when the wheat are separated from the tares?

by Sterling D. Allan; Manti, Utah; October 24, 2000

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Endnotes

The word for "oak" in Hebrew (such as 414, 424, 425, 427, 436, 437, 438, 440), in many contexts, is tied to the word for God (such as 410, 415, 416, 426, 433), which are both linked to aleph (441, 502-6).

D&C 85:8 steady the ark (when the ox stumbles).

The word "corn," when pursued in the Hebrew, Greek, and English, similar to what has been done in this present treatise on "Gordon B. Hinckley," has the meaning of Messiah, in the first and second advents.

This study began on October 24, 2000
Last updated on March 21, 2002