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Lexicon :: Strong's H1642 - gᵊrār

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גְּרָר
Transliteration
gᵊrār
Pronunciation
gher-awr'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from גָּרַר (H1641)
Strong’s Definitions

גְּרָר Gᵉrâr, gher-awr'; probably from H1641; a rolling country; Gerar, a Philistine city:—Gerar.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H1642 in the following manner: Gerar (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H1642 in the following manner: Gerar (10x).
  1. Gerar = "a lodging place"

    1. a Philistine town south of Gaza, modern 'Umm'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גְּרָר Gᵉrâr, gher-awr'; probably from H1641; a rolling country; Gerar, a Philistine city:—Gerar.
STRONGS H1642: Abbreviations
גְּרָר proper name, of a location south of Gaza, usually identified with modern Umm Jerâr BdPal 159 GuérinJudée ii. 257 ff.; but Wady Jerūr west of ‘Ain Ḳadīs according to TrumbullKadesh Barnea 61 ff. compare GutheZPV viii 1885, 215; Genesis 20:2; Genesis 26:6, 20, 26; 2 Chronicles 14:12; 2 Chronicles 14:13; גְּרָ֫רָה Genesis 10:19, 26:1; נַ֫חַל גְּרָר Genesis 26:17; וַיָּגָר בִּגְרָר Genesis 20:1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:19; 20:1; 20:2; 26:1; 26:6; 26:17; 26:20; 26:26

2 Chronicles

14:12; 14:13

H1642

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1642 matches the Hebrew גְּרָר (gᵊrār),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:19 - The border of the Canaanite [fn]extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar H1642, as far as Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1 -

And Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the [fn]Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar H1642.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar H1642 sent and took Sarah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 -

Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar H1642, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:6 -

So Isaac [fn]lived in Gerar H1642.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:17 - And Isaac departed from there and camped in the valley of Gerar H1642 and [fn]settled there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20 - And the herdsmen of Gerar H1642 contended with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well [fn]Esek, because they quarreled with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:26 -

Now Abimelech came to him from Gerar H1642 [fn]with his adviser Ahuzzath and Phicol the commander of his army.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:13 - And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar H1642; and so many Ethiopians fell that [fn]they could not recover, for they were shattered before Yahweh and before His [fn]army. And they carried away very much spoil.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - And they struck down all the cities around Gerar H1642, for the dread of Yahweh had fallen on them; and they plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them.
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