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Lexicon :: Strong's G1048 - gaza

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Γάζα
Transliteration
gaza (Key)
Pronunciation
gad'-zah
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin עַזָּה (H5804)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
19x in 4 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Γάζα Gáza, gad'-zah; of Hebrew origin (H5804); Gazah (i.e. Azzah), a place in Palestine:—Gaza.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1048 in the following manner: Gaza (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1048 in the following manner: Gaza (1x).

  1. Gaza = "the fortified; the strong"

    1. one of the five chief cities of the Philistines in Palestine

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Γάζα Gáza, gad'-zah; of Hebrew origin (H5804); Gazah (i.e. Azzah), a place in Palestine:—Gaza.
STRONGS G1048:
Γάζα, -ης [Buttmann, 17 (15)], ἡ, (עַזָּה i. e. strong, fortified (cf. Valentia); the ע being represented by γ, cf. עַמֹרָה, Γομόρρα), formerly a celebrated city of the Philistines, situated on a hill near the southern border of the land of Israel, between Raphia and Ascalon, twenty stadia ['at the most,' Arrian. exp. Alex. 2, 26; "seven," Strabo 16, 30] from the sea and eleven geographical miles from Jerusalem. It was fortified and surrounded by a massive wall. Although held by a Persian garrison, Alexander the Great captured it after a siege of two months, but did not destroy it ([Josephus, Antiquities 11, 8, 4]; Diodorus 17, 48; Plutarch, Alex. 25; Curtius 4, 6f). Afterwards, in the year B. C. 96, Alexander Jannæus, king of the Jews, took it, after a year's siege and destroyed it (Josephus, Antiquities 13, 13, 3). Gabinius rebuilt it (Josephus, the passage cited 14, 5, 3). Finally, the emperor Augustus gave it [B. C. 30] to Herod the Great (Josephus, the passage cited 15, 7, 3), after whose death it was annexed to Syria (Josephus, the passage cited 17, 11, 4). Modern Ghuzzeh [or Ghazzeh], an unfortified town, having an area of two English miles, with between fifteen and sixteen thousand inhabitants. Mentioned in the N. T. in Acts 8:26, where the words αὕτη ἐστὶν ἔρημος refer to ἡ ὁδός; Philip is bidden to take the way which is ἔρημος, solitary; cf. Meyer at the passage; [Winers Grammar, § 18, 9 N. 3; Buttmann, 104 (91)]. A full history of the city is given by Stark, Gaza u. d. philistäische Küste. Jena, 1852; a briefer account by Winers RWB [see also BB. DD.] under the word Gaza; Arnold in Herzog iv., p. 671ff.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
8:26

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Strong's Number G1048 matches the Greek Γάζα (gaza),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:19 - And the boundaries of the Chananites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerara and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, as far as Dasa.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:23 - And the Evites who dwell in Asedoth to Gaza, and the Cappadocians who came out of Cappadocia, destroyed them, and dwelt in their room.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:41 - from Cades Barne to Gaza, all Gosom, as far as Gabaon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:22 - There was not any one left of the Enakim by the children of Israel, only there was left of them in Gaza, and in Gath, and in Aseldo.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:4 - from Thæman even to all the land of Chanaan before Gaza, and the Sidonians as far as Aphec, as far as the borders of the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:47 - Asiedoth, and her villages, and her hamlets; Gaza, and its villages and its hamlets as far as the river of Egypt, and the great sea is the boundary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18 - But Judas did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts, nor Ascalon nor her coasts, nor Accaron nor her coasts, nor Azotus nor the lands around it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - And they encamped against them, and destroyed their fruits until they came to Gaza; and they left not the support of life in the land of Israel, not even ox or ass among the herds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1 - And Sampson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - And the Philistines took him, and [fn]put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground in the prison-house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:17 - And these are the golden emerods which the lords of the Philistines gave as a trespass-offering to the Lord; for Azotus one, for Gaza one, for Ascalon one, for Geth one, for Accaron one.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He smote the Philistines even to Gaza, and to the border of it, from the tower of the watchmen even to the strong city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20 - (LXX 32:20) and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ascalon, and Gaza, and Accaron, and the remnant of Azotus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - (LXX 29:5) Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ascalon is cast away, and the remnant of the Enakim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6 - Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away from them; because they took prisoners the captivity of Solomon, to shut them up into Idumea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:7 - And I will send forth a fire on the walls of Gaza, and it shall devour its foundations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - For Gaza shall be utterly spoiled, and Ascalon shall be destroyed; and Azotus shall be cast forth at noon-day, and Accaron shall be rooted up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5 - Ascalon shall see, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be greatly pained, and Accaron; for she is ashamed [fn]at her trespass; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.
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