Strong H1651גְּשׁוּרִי

Geshurite

Transliteration: geshûrîy
Pronunciation: ghe-shoo-ree'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense

Definition

Patrial from H1650; a Geshurite (also collectively) or inhabitant of Geshur: - {Geshuri} Geshurites.

Detailed definition

Group of ge.shur (גְּשׁוּר "Geshur" H1650)

In the biblical story

Geshur

Aramean kingdom; Talmai's domain; refuge for Absalom

Geshur, an Aramean kingdom ruled by Talmai, was the homeland of David's wife Maacah and a refuge for Absalom after he murdered his half-brother Amnon.

In the Bible

Strong H1651 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

geshurites4
geshuri2

First verses

Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.
Joshua 12:5
And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Joshua 13:2
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
Joshua 13:11
And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
Joshua 13:13
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
1 Samuel 27:8
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.