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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:23 - And as for the Avvites who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorites coming out from Caphtor[fn] destroyed them and settled in their place.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:41 - Joshua subdued them from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza and from the whole region of Goshen to Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:22 - No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:4 - on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek and the border of the Amorites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:47 - Ashdod, its surrounding settlements and villages; and Gaza, its settlements and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18 - Judah also took[fn] Gaza, Ashkelon and Ekron—each city with its territory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:1 - One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:17 - These are the gold tumors the Philistines sent as a guilt offering to the LORD—one each for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - From watchtower to fortified city, he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20 - and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines (those of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod);

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. You remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6 - This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Gaza, even for four, I will not relent. Because she took captive whole communities and sold them to Edom,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:7 - I will send fire on the walls of Gaza that will consume her fortresses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon left in ruins. At midday Ashdod will be emptied and Ekron uprooted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5 - Ashkelon will see it and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, and Ekron too, for her hope will wither. Gaza will lose her king and Ashkelon will be deserted.
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