Smith's Bible Dictionary

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GOPHER

(pitch) wood. Only once mentioned -- (Genesis 6:14) Two principal conjectures have been proposed --That the "trees of gopher" are any trees of the resinous kind, such as pine, f...

164

GOSHEN

The name of a part of Egypt where the Israelites dwelt during the whole period of their sojourn in that country. It was probably situated on the eastern border of the Nile, exte...

165

GOSPELS

The name Gospel (from god and spell, Ang. Sax. good message or news, which is a translation of the Greek euaggelion) is applied to the four inspired histories of the life and te...

166

GOURD

Kikayan only in (Jonah 4:6-10) The plant which is intended by this word, and which afforded shade to the prophet Jonah before Nineveh, is the Ricinus commnunis, or castor-oil pl...

167

GOVERNOR

In the Authorized Version this one English word is the representative of no less than ten Hebrew and four Greek words.The chief of a tribe or family.A ruler in his capacity of l...

168

GOZAN

seems in the Authorized Version of (1 Chronicles 5:26) to be the name of a river, but in (2 Kings 17:6) and 2Kin 18:11 It is evidently applied not to a river but a country. Goza...

169

GRAPE

[VINE]

170

GRASSHOPPER

[LOCUST]

171

GRAVE

[BURIAL, SEPULCHRES]

172

GREAVES

a piece of defensive armor which reached from the foot to the knee and thus protected the shin of the wearer. It was made of leather or brass.

173

GRECIAN

The term Grecian, or Hellenist, denotes a Jew by birth or religion who spoke Greek. It is used chiefly of foreign Jews and proselytes in contrast with the Hebrews speaking the v...

174

GREECE, GREEKS, GRECIANS

The histories of Greece and Palestine are little connected with each other. In (Genesis 10:2-5) Moses mentions the descendants of Javan as peopling the isles of the Gentiles; an...

175

GREYHOUND

the translation in the text of the Authorized Version, (Proverbs 30:31) of the Hebrew word zarzir mothnayin; i.e. "one girt about the loins." Various are the opinions as to what...

176

GRINDING

[MILL]

177

GROVE

A word used in the Authorized Version, with two exceptions, to translate the mysterious Hebrew term Asherah, which is not a grove, but probably an idol or image of some kind. [A...

178

GUDGODAH

(10:7) [See HORHAGIDGAD]

179

GUEST

[HOSPITALITY]

180

GUNI

(painted).A son of Naphtali, (Genesis 46:24; 1 Chronicles 7:13) the founder of the family of the Gunites. (Numbers 26:48)A descendant of Gad. (1 Chronicles 5:15)

181

GUNITES, THE

the descendants of Guni, son of Naphtali. (Numbers 26:48)

182

GUR

(abode), The going up to, an ascent or rising ground, at which Ahaziah received his death-blow while flying from jehu after the slaughter of Joram. (2 Kings 9:27)

183

GURBAAL

(abode of Baal), a place or district in which dwelt Arabians, as recorded in (2 Chronicles 26:7) It appears from the context to have been in the country lying between Palestine ...