International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Gera

ge'-ra (gera', "grain"): A family name of the tribe of Benjamin, hence, not necessarily a separate individual in (3) and (4) below:(1) A son of Benjamin (Ge 46:21).(2) According...

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Gerah

ge'-ra (gerah, "grain" or "kernel"): A weight, the 20th part of a shekel (Ex 30:13;Le 27:25;Nu 3:47;18:16;Eze 45:12).SeeWEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

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Gerar

ge'-rar (gerar, "circle," "region"; Gerara): A town in the Philistine plain South of Gaza (Ge 10:19), where both Abraham and Isaac ' sojourned for a time, and where they came in...

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Gerasa; Gerasenes

ger'-a-sa, ger'-a-senz (Gerasa; Gerasenon):1. Country of the Gerasenes:The town itself is not named in Scripture, and is referred to only in the expression, "country of the Gera...

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Gergesenes

gur'-ge-senz, gur-ge-senz': A false reading of "Gadarenes" retained in the King James Version ofMt 8:28.SeeGADARA.

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Gerizim, Mount

ger'-i-zim, ge-ri'-zim (har gerizzim):1. Scriptural References:Named in the directions for the reading of the law (De 11:29), and in the account of that great ceremony (De 27:12...

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Geron

ge'-run (Geron): Not much seems to be gained by translating with the Revised Version, margin "Geron, an Athenian," for "an old man of Athens" in 2 Macc 6:1.

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Gerrenians

ge-re'-ni-anz (heos ton Gerrenon): The name indicates the southern limit of the territory assigned by Antiochus Eupator to the government of Judas Maccabeus when he "left Hegemo...

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Gershom

gur'-shom (gereshom, from garash, "to cast out"; explained, however, inEx 2:22and 18:3 as from gur, "For he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land"):(1) Firstborn son o...

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Gershon; Gershonites

gur'-shon, gur'-shon-its (gereshon, written also gereshom): Firstborn of the 3 sons of Levi (Ex 6:16;Nu 3:17;1Ch 6:1,16;23:6). He had two sons, Libni, also known as Ladan (1Ch 2...

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Gerson

gur'-sun (Gerson; 1 Esdras 8:29): Called Gershom inEzr 8:2.

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Geruth Chimham

ge'-rooth kim'-ham (geruth kimham): If the reading geruth is correct, a "lodging-place" or "khan" on the highway to Egypt, may be meant (Jer 41:17). It may have been built by Ch...

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Gerzites

gur'-zits (1Sa 27:8King James Version margin).SeeGIRZITES.

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Geshan

ge'-shan (geshan, "firm," "strong"): A descendant of Judah through Caleb (1Ch 2:47). The King James Version has "Gesham," but not in the original 1611 edition.

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Geshem

ge'-shem (geshem, gashmu; Gesam, "rain storm"): An Arabian, probably chief of an Arabian tribe that had either settled in Southern Palestine during the exile in Babylon, or had ...

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Geshur

ge'-shur (geshur, "bridge"): An Aramean kingdom (2Sa 15:8) of no great size which lay probably to the South of Maacah, and formed with it the western boundary of the land of Bas...

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Geshurites

gesh'-u-rits, ge-shoo'-rits (geshuri). See preceding article.

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Gesture

jes'-tur, jes'-tur: The Oriental is rich in gestures by which feelings are expressed and force added to words. Of this we have abundant illustration in the Bible. Almost every a...

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Get; Getting

A great many Hebrew words are in the Old Testament translated "get," "got," etc. The word "get" has two meanings: (1) with the idea of movement, "to go," etc.; (2) with that of ...

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Gether

ge'-ther (gether): InGe 10:23named as one of the 4 sons of Aramaic In1Ch 1:17mentioned simply among the sons of Shem.

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Gethsemane

geth-sem'-a-ne (Gethsemanei (for other spellings and accents see Thayer, under the word); probably from the Aramaic gath shemanim, "oil press"): Mentioned (Mt 26:36;Mr 14:32) as...

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Geuel

gu'-el, ge-u'-el (ge'u'el, "majesty of God"): The spy from the tribe of Gad (Nu 13:15), sent by Moses to spy out the land of Canaan.

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Gezer

ge'-zer (gezer): A city of great military importance in ancient times, the site of which has recently been thoroughly explored. The excavations at this spot are the most thoroug...

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Gezrites

gez'-rits.SeeGIRZITES.

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Ghost

gost (nephesh; pneuma): "Ghost," the middle-English word for "breath," "spirit," appears in the King James Version as the translation of nephesh ("breath," "the breath of life,"...

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Ghost, Holy

SeeHOLY SPIRIT.

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Giah

gi'-a (giach): An unidentified place on the route followed by Abner in his flight, pursued by Joab (2Sa 2:24). Septuagint renders Gai, corresponding to the Hebrew ge, "valley." ...