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Lexicon :: Strong's H1661 - gaṯ

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גַּת
Transliteration
gaṯ
Pronunciation
gath
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as גַּת (H1660)
Strong’s Definitions

גַּת Gath, gath; the same as H1660; Gath, a Philistine city:—Gath.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H1661 in the following manner: Gath (33x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H1661 in the following manner: Gath (33x).

  1. Gath = "winepress"

    1. one of the five royal or chief cities of the Philistines and the native city of Goliath

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גַּת Gath, gath; the same as H1660; Gath, a Philistine city:—Gath.
STRONGS H1661: Abbreviations
† II. גַּת proper name, of a location (wine-press) — Philistine city Greek Version of the LXX Γεθ, Vulgate Geth, JosAnt. vi. 12, 2 etc., Γιττα (ed. Niese), exact site unknown (see GASmGeog. 194 ff.), named with Gaza and Ashdod Joshua 11:22 as home of remaining `Anakim; named with Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon and `Ekron 1 Samuel 6:17; with Ashkelon 1 Samuel 1:20; with Ashkelon, Yabne and Ashdod 2 Chronicles 26:6; מֵעֶקְרוֺן וְעַדגַּֿת 1 Samuel 7:14, compare 1 Samuel 17:52b and also 1 Samuel 17:52a (read גַּת for גַּיְא Greek Version of the LXX We Dr); called פְּלִשְׁתִּים גַּת Amos 6:2; built up by Rehoboam, according to 2 Chronicles 11:8; taken by Hazael 2 Kings 12:18; also 1 Samuel 5:8; 1 Samuel 17:4, 23 (of Goliath), compare 2 Samuel 21:20, 22 = 1 Chronicles 20:6, 8; 1 Samuel 21:11; 1 Samuel 21:13; 1 Samuel 27:2, 3, 4, 11; 2 Samuel 15:18; 1 Kings 2:39 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 2:40, 41; Psalm 56:1; Micah 1:10, 14; 1 Chronicles 7:21; 1 Chronicles 8:13, also 1 Chronicles 18:1 (but || מֶתֶג אַמָּה 2 Samuel 8:1; on change of this into reading in Chronicles see We); with ה locative, גַּ֫תָּה 1 Kings 2:40.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

11:22

1 Samuel

1:20; 5:8; 6:17; 7:14; 17:4; 17:23; 17:52; 17:52; 21:11; 21:13; 27:2; 27:3; 27:4; 27:11

2 Samuel

8:1; 15:18; 21:20; 21:22

1 Kings

2:39; 2:40; 2:40; 2:41

2 Kings

12:18

1 Chronicles

7:21; 8:13; 18:1; 20:6; 20:8

2 Chronicles

11:8; 26:6

Psalms

56:1

Amos

6:2

Micah

1:10; 1:14

H1661

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Strong's Number H1661 matches the Hebrew גַּת (gaṯ),
which occurs 33 times in 31 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:22 - There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the people of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:8 - So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath.” So they brought the ark of the God of Israel there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:17 - These are the golden tumors that the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the LORD: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:14 - The cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. There was peace also between Israel and the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:4 - And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six[fn] cubits[fn] and a span.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:23 - As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before. And David heard him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath[fn] and the gates of Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:10 - And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:12 - And David took these words to heart and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:2 - So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal’s widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:4 - And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer sought him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:11 - And David would leave neither man nor woman alive to bring news to Gath, thinking, “lest they should tell about us and say, ‘So David has done.’” Such was his custom all the while he lived in the country of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:20 - Tell it not in Gath,
publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:18 - And all his servants passed by him, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath, passed on before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:20 - And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:22 - These four were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 - But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shimei’s servants ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shimei, “Behold, your servants are in Gath,”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - Shimei arose and saddled a donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants. Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:41 - And when Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17 - At that time Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath and took it. But when Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:21 - Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to raid their livestock.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:13 - and Beriah and Shema (they were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who caused the inhabitants of Gath to flee);

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:1 - After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:6 - And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:8 - These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:8 - Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:6 - He went out and made war against the Philistines and broke through the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod, and he built cities in the territory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 - To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam[fn] of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:2 - Pass over to Calneh, and see,
and from there go to Hamath the great;
then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:10 - Tell it not in Gath;
weep not at all;
in Beth-le-aphrah
roll yourselves in the dust.
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