GAZEZ
(shearer), a name which occurs twice in (1 Chronicles 2:46) --first as son of Caleb by Ephah his concubine, and second as son of Haran, the son of the same woman. The second is ...
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GAZITES, THE
Inhabitants of Gaza. (Judges 16:2)
GAZZAM
(devouring). The Bene-Gazzam were among the familiar of the Nethinim who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:48; Nehemiah 7:51) (B.C. 536.)
GEBA
(a hill), a city of Benjamin, with "suburbs," allotted to the priests. (Joshua 21:17; 1 Chronicles 6:60) It is named amongst the first group of the Benjamite towns --apparently ...
GEBAL
(mountain), a maritime town of Phoenicia, near Tyre, (Ezekiel 27:9) known by the Greeks as Byblus. It is called Jebail by the Arabs, thus reviving the old biblical name.
GEBER
(manly).The son of Geber resided in the fortress of Ramoth-gilead, and had charge of Havoth-jair and the district of Argob. (1 Kings 4:13) (B.C. 1013).Geber the son of Uri had a...
GEBIM
(grasshoppers), a village north of Jerusalem, (Isaiah 10:31) apparently between Anathoth (the modern Anata) and the ridge on which Nob was situated.
GEDALIAH
(God is my greatness), son of Ahikam (Jeremiah’s protector, (Jeremiah 26:24) and grandson of Shaphan the secretary of King Josiah. After the destruction of the temple, B.C. 588,...
GEDEON
The Greek form of the Hebrew name GIDEON. (Hebrews 11:32)
GEDER
(a wall). The king of Geder was one of the thirty-one kings who were overcome by Joshua on the west of the Jordan. (Joshua 12:13) (B.C. 1445.) It is possible that it may be the ...
GEDERAH
(a sheepfold), a town of Judah in the lowland country, (Joshua 15:36) apparently in its eastern part. No town bearing this name has, however, been yet discovered in this hithert...
GEDERATHITE, THE
the native of a place called Gederah, apparently in Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 12:4)
GEDERITE, THE
the native of some place named Geder or Gederah. (1 Chronicles 27:28)
GEDEROTH
(sheepfolds), a town in the low country of Judah. (Joshua 15:41; 2 Chronicles 28:18)
GEDEROTHAIM
(two sheepfolds), a town in the low country of Judah, (Joshua 15:36) named next in order to Gederah.
GEDOR
(a wall), a town int he mountainous part of Judah, (Joshua 15:58) a few miles north of Hebron. Robinson discovered a Jedur halfway between Bethlehem and Hebron, about two miles ...
GEHAZI
(valley of vision), the servant or boy of Elisha. He was sent as the prophet’s messenger on two occasions to the good Shunammite, (2 Kings 4:1)... (B.C. 889-887); obtained fraud...
GEHENNA
[HINNOM]
GELILOTH
(circuit), a place named among the marks of the south boundary line of the tribe of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:17) The name Geliloth never occurs again in this locality, and it theref...
GEMALLI
(camel-driver), the father of Ammiel, the Danite spy. (Numbers 13:12) (B.C. 1490.)
GEMARIAH
(perfected by Jehovah).Son of Shaphan the scribe, and father of Michaiah. He was one of the nobles of Judah, and had a chamber int he house of the Lord, from which Baruch read J...
GEMS
[STONES, PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS]
GENEALOGY
In Hebrew the term for genealogy or pedigree is "the book of the generations;" and because the oldest histories were usually drawn up on a genealogical basis, the expression oft...
GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST
The New Testament gives us the genealogy of but one person, that of our Saviour. This is given because it was important to prove that Jesus fulfilled the prophecies spoken of hi...
GENERATION
In the long-lived patriarchal age a generation seems to have been computed at 100 years, (Genesis 15:16) comp. Genesis15:13 and Eccl 12:40 But subsequently the reckoning was the...
GENESIS
(origin), the first book of the law or Pentateuch, so called from its title ia the Septuagint, that is, Creation. Its author was Moses. The date of writing was probably during t...
GENNESARET
(garden of the prince), Land of. It is generally believed that this term was applied to the fertile crescent-shaped plain on the western shore of the lake, extending from Khan M...