Smith's Bible Dictionary

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GALILEE, SEA OF

So called from the province of Galilee, which bordered on the western side. (Matthew 4:18) It was also called the "Sea of Tiberias," from the celebrated city of that name. (John...

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GALL

Mereerah, denoting "that which is bitter;" hence the term is applied to the "bile" or "gall" (the fluid secreted by the liver), from its intense bitterness, (Job 16:13; 20:25) i...

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GALLERY

an architectural term describing the porticos or verandas which are not uncommon in eastern houses. It is doubtful, however, whether the Hebrew words so translated have any refe...

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GALLEY

[SHIP]

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GALLIM

(fountains). This is given as the native place of the man to whom Michal, David’s wife, was given. (1 Samuel 25:44) There is no clue to the situation of the place. The name occu...

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GALLIO

(one who lives on milk), Junius Annaeus Gallio, the Roman proconsul of Achaia when St. Paul was at Corinth, A.D. 53, under the emperor Claudius. (Acts 18:12) He was brother to L...

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GALLOWS

[PUNISHMENTS]

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GAMALIEL

(recompense of God).Son of Pedahzur; prince or captain of the tribe of Manasseh at the census at Sinai, (Numbers 1:10; 20:20; 7:54,59) and at starting on the march through the w...

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GAMES

Among the Greeks the rage for theatrical exhibitions was such that every city of any size possessed its theatre and stadium. At Ephesus an annual contest was held in honor of Di...

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GAMMADIM

This word occurs only in (Ezekiel 27:11) A variety of explanations of the term have been offered.One class renders it "pygmies."A second treats it as a geographical or local ter...

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GAMUL

(weaned), a priest, the leader of the twenty-second course in the service at the sanctuary. (1 Chronicles 24:17) (B.C. 535.)

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GARDEN

Gardens in the East, as the Hebrew word indicates, are enclosures on the outskirts of towns, planted with various trees and shrubs. From the allusions in the Bible we learn that...

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GAREB

(scabby), one of the heroes of David’s army. (2 Samuel 23:38)

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GAREB, THE HILL

in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, named only in (Jeremiah 31:39)

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GARLIC

(Numbers 11:5) is the Allium sativum of Linnaeus, which abounds in Egypt.

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GARMENT

[DRESS]

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GARMITE, THE

Keilah the Garmite, i.e. the descendant of Gerem, is mentioned in the obscure genealogical lists of the families of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:19)

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GARRISON

The Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version are derivatives from the root natsab, to "place, erect," which may be applied to a variety of objects.Mattsab and mattsaba...

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GASHMU

a variation of the name GESHEM. (Nehemiah 6:6) (B.C. 446.)

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GATAM

(a burnt valley), the fourth son of Eliphaz the son of Esau, (Genesis 36:11; 1 Chronicles 1:36) and one of the "dukes" of Eliphaz. (Genesis 36:16) (B.C. after 1760.)

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GATE

The gate and gateways of eastern cities anciently held and still hold an important part, not only in the defence but in the public economy of the place. They are thus sometimes ...

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GATH

(a wine press), one of the five royal cities of the Philistines; (Joshua 13:3; 1 Samuel 6:17) and the native place of the giant Goliath. (1 Samuel 17:4,23) It probably stood upo...

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GATHHEPHER, OR GITTAHHEPHER

(wine-press on the hill), a town on the border of the territory of Zebulun, not far from Japhia, now ’Yafa, (Joshua 19:12,13) celebrated as the native place of the prophet Jonah...

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GATHRIMMON

(press of the pomegranate)A city given out of the tribe of Dan to the Levites. (Joshua 21:24; 1 Chronicles 6:69) situated on the plain of Philistia, apparently not far from Jopp...

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GAZA

(the fortified; the strong) (properly Azzah), one of the five chief cities of the Philistines. It is remarkable for its continuous existence and importance from the very earlies...

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GAZATHITES, THE

(Joshua 13:3) the inhabitants of Gaza.

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GAZER

(2 Samuel 5:25; 1 Chronicles 14:16) [GEZER]