Smith's Bible Dictionary

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GIRDLE

an essential article of dress in the East, and worn by both men and women. The common girdle was made of leather, (2 Kings 1:8; Matthew 3:4) like that worn by the Bedouins of th...

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GIRGASHITES

(dwelling on a clayey soil), The, one of the nations who were in possession of Canaan east of the Sea of Galilee before the entrance thither of the children of Israel. (Genesis ...

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GIRGASITE, THE

(Genesis 10:16) or NEXT ENTRY...

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GISPA

(caress), one of the overseers of the Nethinim, in "the Ophel," after the return from captivity. (Nehemiah 11:21)

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GITTAHHEPHER

(Joshua 19:13) [GATH-HEPHER]

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GITTAIM

[GITTITES]

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GITTITES

(belonging to Gath), the 600 men who followed David from Gath, under Ittai the Gittite, (2 Samuel 15:18,19) and who probably acted as a kind of body-guard. Obed-edom "the Gittit...

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GITTITH

a musical instrument, by some supposed to have been used by the people of Gath, and by others to have been employed at the festivities of the vintage. Psal 8,81,84.

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GIZONITES, THE

(inhabitant of Gizoh). "The sons of Hashem the Gizonite "are named amongst the warriors of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:34) Kennicott concludes that the name should be Gouni.

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GLASS

The Hebrew word occurs only in (Job 28:17) where in the Authorized Version it is rendered "crystal." In spite of the absence of specific allusion to glass in the sacred writings...

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GLEANING

The gleaning of fruit trees, as well as of corn-fields, was reserved for the poor. [CORNER]

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GLEDE

the old name for the common kite (Milvus ater), occurs only in (14:13) among the unclean birds of prey.

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GNAT

a species of mosquito mentioned only in the proverbial expression used by our Saviour in (Matthew 23:21)

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GOAD

(Judges 3:31; 1 Samuel 13:21) The Hebrew word in the latter passage probably means the point of the plough-share. The former word does probably refer to the goad, the long handl...

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GOAT

There appear to be two or three varieties of the common goat, Hircus agagrus, at present bred in Palestine and Syria, but whether they are identical with those which were reared...

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GOAT, SCAPE

[ATONEMENT, THE DAY OF, DAY OF]

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GOATH

(lowing), a place apparently in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, and named, in connection with the hill Gareb, only in (Jeremiah 31:39)

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GOB

(cistern), a place mentioned only in (2 Samuel 21:18,19) as the scene of two encounters between David’s warriors and the Philistines. In the parallel account in (1 Chronicles 20...

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GOBLET

a circular vessel for wine or other liquid.

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GOD

(good). Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures two chief names are used for the one true divine Being--ELOHIM, commonly translated God in our version, and JEHOVAH, translated Lord. El...

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GOG

(mountain).A Reubenite, (1 Chronicles 5:4) son of Shemaiah.

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GOLAN

(circle), a city of Bashan, (4:43) allotted out of the half tribe of Manasseh to the Levites, (Joshua 21:27) and one of the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan. ch (Joshua...

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GOLD

Gold was known from the very earliest times. (Genesis 2:11) It was at first used chiefly for ornaments, etc. (Genesis 24:22) Coined money was not known to the ancients till a co...

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GOLGOTHA

(skull), the Hebrew name of the spot at which our Lord was crucified. (Matthew 27:33; Mark 15:22; John 19:17) By these three evangelists it is interpreted to mean the "place of ...

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GOLIATH

(splendor), a famous giant of Gath, who "morning and evening for forty days" defied the armies of Israel. (1 Samuel 17:1)... (B.C. 1063.) He was possibly descended from the old ...

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GOMER

(perfect).The eldest son of Japheth, (Genesis 10:2,3) the progenitor of the early Cimmerians, of the later Cimbri and the other branches of the Celtic family, and of the modern ...

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GOMORRAH

(submersion), one of the five "cities of the plain" or "vale of Siddim" that under the irrespective kings joined battle there with Chedorlaomer (Genesis 14:2-8) and his allies b...