GAAL
(contempt), son of Ebed, aided the Shechemites in their rebellion against Abimelech. (Judges 9:1)... (B.C. 1206.)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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GAASH
(earthquake), a hill of Ephraim, where Joshua was buried. The brooks or valley of Gaash, (2 Samuel 23:30; 1 Chronicles 11:32) were probably at the foot of the hill.
GABA
The same name as GEBA, which see.
GABATHA
(Esther 12:1) [BIGTHAN, OR BIGTHANA]
GABBAI
(tax gatherer), apparently the head of an important family of Benjamin resident at Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 11:8) (B.C. before 536.)
GABBATHA
(elevated; a platform) the Hebrew or Chaldee appellation of a place, also called "Pavement," where the judgment-seat or bema was planted, from his place on which Pilate delivere...
GABRIEL
(man of God), an angel sent by God to announce to Zacharias the birth of John the Baptist, and to Mary the birth of Christ. He was also sent to Daniel to explain his visions. (D...
GAD
(a troop).Jacob’s seventh son, the first-born of Zilpah, Leah’s maid, and whole-brother to Asher. (Genesis 30;11-13; 46:16,18) (B.C. 1753-1740.)"The seer," or "the king’s seer,"...
GAD, THE TRIBE OF
The country allotted to the tribe of Gad appears, speaking roughly, to have lain chiefly about the centre of the land east of Jordan. The sought of that district --from the Arno...
GADARA
a strong city situated near the river Hieromax, six miles southeast of the Sea of Galilee, over against Scythopolis and Tiberias, and 16 Roman miles distant from each of those p...
GADARENES, GIRGESENES, GERASENES
(These three names are used indiscriminately to designate the place where Jesus healed two demoniacs. The first two are in the Authorized Version. (Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1; Luke ...
GADDI
(fortunate), son of Susi; the Manassite spy sent by Moses to explore Canaan. (Numbers 13:11) (B.C. 1490.)
GADDIEL
(fortune of God) a Zebulunite, one of the twelve spies. (Numbers 13:10) (B.C. 1490.)
GADI
A Gadite, father of Menahem a king of Israel. (2 Kings 15:14,17)
GADITES, THE
the descendants of Gad, and members of his tribe.
GAHAM
(sunburnt), son of Nahor Abraham’s brother, by his concubine Reumah. (Genesis 22:24) (B.C. about 1900.)
GAHAR
(hiding-place) The Bene-Gahar were among the families of Nethinim who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:47; Nehemiah 7:49) (B.C. before 536.)
GAIUS
or Cai’us (lord)--A Macedonian who accompanied Paul in his travels, and whose life was in danger from the mob at Ephesus. (Acts 19:29) (A.D. 54.)Of Derbe. He went with Paul from...
GALAAD
the Greek form of the word Gilead.
GALAL
(influential)A Levite, one of the sons of Asaph. (1 Chronicles 9:15) (B.C. 536.)Another Levite, of the family of Elkanah. (1 Chronicles 9:16)A third Levite, son of Jeduthun. (Ne...
GALATIA
(land of the Galli, Gauls). The Roman province of Galatia may be roughly described as the central region of the peninsula of Asia Minor, bounded on the north by Bithynia and Pap...
GALATIANS, THE EPISTLE TO THE
was written by the apostle St. Paul not long after his journey through Galatia and Phrygia, (Acts 18:23) and probably in the early portion of his two-and-a-half-years stay at Ep...
GALBANUM
one of the perfumes employed in the preparation of the sacred incense. (Exodus 10:34) The galbanum of commerce is brought chiefly from India and the Levant. It is a resinous gum...
GALEED
(the heap of witness), the name given by Jacob to the heap which he and Laban made on Mount Gilead in witness of the covenant then entered into between them. (Genesis 31:47,48) ...
GALEED
(the heap of witness), the name given by Jacob to the heap which he and Laban made on Mount Gilead in witness of the masses, but sometimes found in yellowish tear-like drops. Bu...
GALILEANS
the inhabitants of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine. The apostles were all Galileans by either birth or residence. (Acts 1:11) It appears also that the pronunciation ...
GALILEE
(circuit). This name, which in the Roman age was applied to a large province, seems to have been originally confined to a little "circuit" of country round Kedesh-Naphtali, in w...