Strong H1359גֹּב
Gob
- Transliteration
- gôb gôb
- Pronunciation
- {gobe} gobe'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
From H1461; pit;
{Gob} a place in Palestine: - Gob.
{Gob} a place in Palestine: - Gob.
Meaning of the name
Gob = "cistern"
Detailed definition
Gezer, also known as Gob, was a Canaanite city conquered by Joshua and later by David, and it was fortified by Solomon (Joshua 10:33; 12:12; 16:3, 10; 21:21; Judges 1:29; 2 Samuel 5:25; 21:18-19; 1 Kings 9:15-17; 1 Chronicles 6:67; 7:28; 14:16; 20:4).
In the biblical story
Gezer
A Canaanite city, conquered by Joshua and later by David.
Gezer, also known as Gob, was a Canaanite city conquered by Joshua and later by David, and it was fortified by Solomon (Joshua 10:33; 12:12; 16:3, 10; 21:21; Judges 1:29; 2 Samuel 5:25; 21:18-19; 1 Kings 9:15-17; 1 Chronicles 6:67; 7:28; 14:16; 20:4).
In the Bible
Strong H1359 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gob2
First verses
- 2 Samuel 21:18And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
- 2 Samuel 21:19And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare–oregim, a Beth–lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.