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Lexicon :: Strong's H1650 - gᵊšûr

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גְּשׁוּר
Transliteration
gᵊšûr
Pronunciation
ghesh-oor'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root (meaning to join)
Strong’s Definitions

גְּשׁוּר Gᵉshûwr, ghesh-oor'; from an unused root (meaning to join); bridge; Geshur, a district of Syria:—Geshur, Geshurite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H1650 in the following manner: Geshur (8x), Geshurites (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H1650 in the following manner: Geshur (8x), Geshurites (1x).

  1. Geshur or Geshurites = "proud beholder"

    1. a people

    2. a land in north Transjordania

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גְּשׁוּר Gᵉshûwr, ghesh-oor'; from an unused root (meaning to join); bridge; Geshur, a district of Syria:—Geshur, Geshurite.
STRONGS H1650: Abbreviations
† גְּשׁוּר proper name, masculine (bridge ? or land of bridges ? compare WetzstHauran, 82).
1. of people, = הַגְּשׁוּרִי Joshua 13:13 compare 1 Chronicles 2:23.
2. of land מֶלֶךְ גְּשׁוּר 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:37 compare 2 Samuel 13:38 (but text in disorder compare Greek Version of the LXX We Dr) 2 Samuel 14:32; 2 Samuel 15:8 בַּאֲרָם בִּגְ׳ 1 Chronicles 3:2, גְּשׁ֫וּרָה 2 Samuel 14:23; a territory east of the upper Jordan, exact limits unknown; according to GutheZPV xii. 1889, 232 f. between Gilead and Hermon, in Jaulân; according to Furrerib. xiii. 1890, 198 = the Ledjah, district east of Jaulân, with town Jisre; against him Gutheib. 285 f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

13:13

2 Samuel

3:3; 13:37; 13:38; 14:23; 14:32; 15:8

1 Chronicles

2:23; 3:2

H1650

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1650 matches the Hebrew גְּשׁוּר (gᵊšûr),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:13 - Yet the people of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites, but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3 - and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son day after day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:38 - So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:23 - So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32 - Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent word to you, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still.” Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:8 - For your servant vowed a vow while I lived at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the LORD will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will offer worship to[fn] the LORD.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 - But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, Kenath, and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:2 - the third, Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith;
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