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Lexicon :: Strong's H5804 - ʿazzâ

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עַזָּה
Transliteration
ʿazzâ
Pronunciation
az-zaw'
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Part of Speech
proper locative feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

עַזָּה ʻAzzâh, az-zaw'; feminine of H5794; strong; Azzah, a place in Palestine:—Azzah, Gaza.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H5804 in the following manner: Gaza (18x), Azzah (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H5804 in the following manner: Gaza (18x), Azzah (3x).

  1. Azzah = "the strong"

    1. another name for 'Gaza', a city of the Philistines located in the extreme southwest of Palestine close to the Mediterranean

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַזָּה ʻAzzâh, az-zaw'; feminine of H5794; strong; Azzah, a place in Palestine:—Azzah, Gaza.
STRONGS H5804: Abbreviations
† עַזָּה proper name, of a location Gaza, Γαζα (Assyrian Ḫazzutu, etc., COTi. 97 DlPa 290, Tel Amarna Ḫazati, Azzati Wkl38 *; Egyptian Gaḏatu WMMAs. u. Eur. 87, 96, 159, 392; Greek Version of the LXX Γαζα, so JosephusAnt. xiii. 5, 5, etc.; Herod.ii, 159; iii. 5 Κάδυτις); — Philistine city (modern bdb073802, Ghazze, Razze), approximately Latitude 31 degrees; 3 minutes North, Longitude 34 degrees 28 minutes East, approximately 50 miles west-southwest from Jerusalem, near the sea (RobBR ii. 36 ff. GASmGeogr. 181 ff. BuhlGeogr. 190 f.), Judges 16:1, 21 (both עַזָּ֑תָה), southernmost of the famous five cities, Genesis 10:19 (J), Judges 6:4; 1 Kings 5:4; 2 Kings 18:8, compare Deuteronomy 2:23; Joshua 10:41 (D); also Joshua 11:22 (D), Joshua 15:47 (P), Judges 1:18; 1 Samuel 6:17; Amos 1:6, 7; Zephaniah 2:4; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 47:1, 5; Zechariah 9:5 (twice in verse); — On commercial importance see DHMB und S 989 GattZPV vii (1884), 1ff., 293 ff.; viii (1885), 69 ff., 179 ff. — For עַזָּה 1 Chronicles 7:28 van d. H., read עַיָּה Baer Ginsb (which see), Be Oettli Kau KitHpt.; see עַי.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:19

Deuteronomy

2:23

Joshua

10:41; 11:22; 15:47

Judges

1:18; 6:4; 16:1; 16:21

1 Samuel

6:17

1 Kings

5:4

2 Kings

18:8

1 Chronicles

7:28

Jeremiah

25:20; 47:1; 47:5

Amos

1:6; 1:7

Zephaniah

2:4

Zechariah

9:5

H5804

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Strong's Number H5804 matches the Hebrew עַזָּה (ʿazzâ),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:19 - The territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as one goes to Gerar, as far as Gaza; and as one goes to [fn]Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:23 - As for the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim (Cretans, later Philistines) who came from Caphtor (Crete) destroyed them and settled in their place.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:41 - Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even as far as Gaza, and all the country of Goshen even as far as Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:22 - There were no Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod [of Philistia] some remained.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:47 -

Ashdod, with its towns and its villages; Gaza, with its towns and its villages; as far as the Brook of Egypt (Wadi el-Arish) and the Great [Mediterranean] Sea with its coastline.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18 - Also [the warriors of] Judah captured Gaza with its territory and Ashkelon with its territory and Ekron with its territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - So they would camp against them and destroy the crops of the land as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1 -

Then Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with [two] bronze chains; and he was forced to be a grinder [of grain into flour at the mill] in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:17 -

These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the LORD: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath and one for Ekron [the five chief cities of the Philistines];

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - For he was ruling over everything west of the [Euphrates] River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the [Euphrates] River; and he had peace on all sides around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza [the most distant city] and its borders, from the [isolated] lookout tower to the [populous] fortified city.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:28 -

Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, and Shechem, and as far as [fn]Ayyah with all their towns,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20 - and all the foreign (mixed) population, all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines (and [their cities of] Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod);

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:1 -

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked and conquered [the Philistine city of] Gaza.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 -

“Baldness [as a sign of mourning] will come on Gaza;

Ashkelon will be cut off and ruined.

O remnant of their valley,

How long will you gash yourselves [as a sign of mourning]?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6 -

Thus says the LORD,

“For three transgressions of Gaza [in Philistia] and for four (multiplied delinquencies)

I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,

Because [as slave traders] they took captive the entire [Jewish] population [of defenseless Judean border villages, of which none was spared]

And deported them to Edom [for the slave trade].

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:7 -

“So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] on the wall of Gaza

And it shall consume her citadels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 -

For [this is the fate of the Philistines:] Gaza will be abandoned

And Ashkelon a desolation;

[The people of] Ashdod will be driven out at noon [in broad daylight]

And Ekron will be uprooted and destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5 -

[fn]Ashkelon will see it and fear;

Gaza will writhe in pain,

And Ekron, for her hope and expectation, has been ruined.

The king will perish from Gaza,

And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

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