Bible Dictionary
Gutter
A gutter was a channel or trough through which water flowed. In biblical usage the term may describe a watercourse or vessels used to provide drinking water for cattle.
Definition
A gutter is a passage or channel through which water flows. The term may also describe a vessel or trough that holds and overflows with water for cattle.
Biblical Usage
In one passage the word denotes a watercourse or waterspout; in another it refers to drinking-troughs used for cattle.
Historical Background
The supplied Hebrew terms distinguish a water passage from the vessels or troughs placed for animals to drink.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Heb. tsinnor, (2 Sam. 5:8). This Hebrew word occurs only elsewhere in Ps. 42:7 in the plural, where it is rendered “waterspouts.” It denotes some passage through which water passed; a water-course. In Gen. 30:38, 41 the Hebrew word rendered “gutters” is rahat, and denotes vessels overflowing with water for cattle (Ex. 2:16); drinking-troughs.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>gut'-er.</p><p>See HOUSE.</p>