Dictionary entry

Gazera

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ga-ze'-ra (Gazera):

(1) A fortress of Judea (/APC 1Macc 4:15; 7:45); in the Revised Version (British and American) alwaysGAZARA(which see).

(2) Head of a family of temple-servants who returned with Zerubbabel (/APC 1Esdras 5:31) = "Gazzam" inEzr 2:48andNe 7:51.