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
- Joshua 10:33Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
- Joshua 12:12The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
- Joshua 16:3And 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.
- Joshua 16:10And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
- Joshua 21:21For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
- Judges 1:29Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
- 2 Samuel 5:25And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
- 1 Kings 9:15And 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.
- 1 Kings 9:16For 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.
- 1 Kings 9:17And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,
- 1 Chronicles 6:67And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
- 1 Chronicles 7:28And 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:
- 1 Chronicles 14:16David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
- 1 Chronicles 20:4And 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.