International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Gaal

ga'-al (ga`al, "rejection," or "loathing"; according to Wellhausen, "beetle," HPN, 110): A man of whose antecedents nothing is known, except that his father's name was Ebed. He ...

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Gaash

ga'-ash (ga`-ash): First mentioned in connection with the burial place of Joshua "in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on ...

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Gaba

ga'-ba (gabha' (in pause)).SeeGEBA.

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Gabael

gab'-a-el (Gabael; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) "Gabelus"):(1) An ancestor of Tobit (/APC Tobit 1:1).(2) A poor Jew of Rages, a city of Media, to whom Tobit lent...

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Gabatha

gab'-a-tha (Gabatha): A eunuch of Mardocheus (Additions toEsther 10:1).

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Gabbai

gab'-a-i (gabbay, "collector"): One of the chiefs of the Benjamites in Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian captivity (Ne 11:8).

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Gabbatha

gab'-a-tha: Given (Joh 19:13) as the name of a special pavement (to lithostroton), and is probably a transcription in Greek of the Aramaic gabhetha', meaning "height" or "ridge....

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Gabbe

gab'-e (Gabbe; the King James Version Gabdes (/APC 1Esdras 5:20)):Called Geba inEzr 2:26.

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Gabrias

ga'-bri-as (Gabrias): Brother ofGABAEL(which see).In /APC Tobit 4:20 he is described as his father. The readings are uncertain.

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Gabriel

ga'-bri-el (gabhri'-el, "Man of God"; Gabriel):The name of the angel commissioned to explain to Daniel the vision of the ram and the he-goat, and to give the prediction of the 7...

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Gad (1)

(gadh, "fortune"; Gad):1. The Name:The seventh son of Jacob, whose mother was Zilpah (Ge 30:11), and whose birth was welcomed by Leah with the cry, "Fortunate!" Some have sought...

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Gad (2)

(gadh, "fortunate"): David's seer (chozeh,1Ch 21:9;29:29;2Ch 29:25), or prophet (nabhi'; compare1Sa 22:5;2Sa 24:11). He appears(1) to advise David while an outlaw fleeing before...

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Gad (3)

(gadh, "fortune"): A god of Good Luck, possibly the Hyades. The writer inIsa 65:11(margin) pronounces a curse against such as are lured away to idolatry. The warning here, accor...

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Gad (4)

('azal, "to go about"): Used once inJer 2:36, "Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?" of going after Egypt and Assyria.

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Gad, Valley Of

(nachal ha-gadh; the King James Version River of Gad):In2Sa 24:5we read that Joab and the captains of the host passed over Jordan and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the ...

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Gadara

gad'-a-ra (Gadara):1. Country of the Gadarenes:This city is not named in Scripture, but the territory belonging to it is spoken of as chora ton Gadarenon, "country of the Gadare...

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Gadarenes

gad-a-renz'. See preceding article.

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Gaddi

gad'-i (gaddi, "my fortune"):One of the twelve spies, son of Susi, and a chief of Manasseh (Nu 13:11).

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Gaddiel

gad'-i-el (gaddi'el, "blest of God"):One of the twelve men sent by Moses from the wilderness of Paran to spy out the land of Canaan. He represented the tribe of Zebulun (Nu 13:10).

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Gaddis

gad'-is (A Gaddis; Kaddis; the King James Version Caddis):Surname of John, the eldest brother of Judas Maccabeus (/APC 1Macc 2:2).

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Gadi

ga'-di (gadhi, "fortunate"):The father of Menahem, one of the kings of Israel who reached the throne through blood (2Ki 15:14,17).

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Gadites

gad'-its:Members of the tribe of Gad (De 3:12, etc.).

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Gaham

ga'-ham (gacham):A son of Nahor, brother of Abraham, by his concubine Reumah (Ge 22:24).

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Gahar

ga'-har (gachar):A family name of the Nethinim who came up with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:47;Ne 7:49); in /APC 1Esdras 5:30 called Geddur.

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Gai

ga'-i (gay'):In the Revised Version (British and American) of1Sa 17:52for the King James Version "valleys." the Revised Version, margin notes: "The Syriac and some editions of t...

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Gain

gan: In the Old Testament the translation of three Hebrew substantives, betsa`, "unjust gain," "any gain" (Jud 5:19;Job 22:3;Pr 1:19;15:27;Isa 33:15;56:11;Eze 22:13,17;Mic 4:13)...

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Gainsay

gan-sa, gan'-sa (anteipon, antilego, "to say or speak against"): Occurs as anteipon, "not.... able to withstand or to gainsay" (Lu 21:15); as antilego, "a disobedient and gainsa...