Is there any mention of the concept of gravity in the Hebrew Bible?

Question

If so, could you give any references? I call it here the Hebrew Bible to make it understood that I mean the whole "Old Testament," or Genesis thru 2 Chronicles (per the order in the Tanakh).

Answer 1

Pr 27:3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden,
but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
Isa 30:27 See, the Name of the LORD comes from afar,
with burning anger and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are full of wrath,
and his tongue is a consuming fire.

These have the Hebrew word "kobed" defined "heaviness; heavy mass (density, piles)"

Another word used quite extensively, "kabed," is the verb in "Honor your father and mother..." It takes on a wide variety of English contextual translations: [Q] to be heavy; to be wealthy, honored, glorified; to be failing, dull; [N] to be glorified, honored, renowned; [P] to honor, glorify, reward; [Pu] to be honored; [H] to make heavy, make hard; [Ht] to make numerous; honor oneself. If the base meaning is “to be weighty or heavy,” then by extension, negatively: hard, dull, stubborn, difficult in circumstance; positively: substantial, honored, glorious, wealthy

Answer 2

There is a hint

Isa 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

The circle of the earth is held in place by gravity.

Peace be with you

Answer 3

Yes, "heavy" is a Hebrew lingo concept used in may ways - but it doesn't play out well in English cultural translation, so they often tranlate the "intended" meaning.

Answer 4

Well, Hebrew Bible + apartment window = good demonstration of the concept of gravity...

Answer 5

There is a book missing from old test:Enoch that has a discription of a space craft....wel a flying craft,it describes 4 propellers and the size.Makes you wonder what else the vaticant though we could not handle???????

Answer 6

There is no gravity, the Earth just sucks us down!