Strong H1507גֶּ֫זֶר

Gezer

Transliteration
gezer
Pronunciation
gheh'-zer
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

The same as H1506; {Gezer} a place in Palestine: - {Gazer} Gezer.

Meaning of the name

Gazer or Gezer = "portion"

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 H1507 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • gezer12
  • gazer2

First verses

  1. Joshua 10:33
    Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
  2. Joshua 12:12
    The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
  3. Joshua 16:3
    And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth–horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
  4. Joshua 16:10
    And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
  5. Joshua 21:21
    For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
  6. Judges 1:29
    Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
  7. 2 Samuel 5:25
    And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
  8. 1 Kings 9:15
    And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
  9. 1 Kings 9:16
    For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
  10. 1 Kings 9:17
    And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,
  11. 1 Chronicles 6:67
    And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
  12. 1 Chronicles 7:28
    And their possessions and habitations were, Beth–el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
  13. 1 Chronicles 14:16
    David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
  14. 1 Chronicles 20:4
    And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
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