Strong H5841עַזָּתִי
Gaza
- Transliteration
- ‛azzâthîy
- Pronunciation
- az-zaw-thee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patrial from H5804; an Azzathite or inhabitant of Azzah: - {Gazathite} Gazite.
Detailed definition
Gaza, one of the five major Philistine cities, was the site of Samson's exploits and a place visited by Philip the evangelist in the early church.
In the biblical story
Gaza
Philistine city; Samson's exploits; Philip's ministry
Gaza, one of the five major Philistine cities, was the site of Samson's exploits and a place visited by Philip the evangelist in the early church.
In the Bible
Strong H5841 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gazathites1
- gazites1
First verses
- Joshua 13:3From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
- Judges 16:2And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.