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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 - But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur and Maakah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:37

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:38 - After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32 - Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent word to you and said, ‘Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there!” ’ Now then, I want to see the king’s face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:8 - While your servant was living at Geshur in Aram, I made this vow: ‘If the LORD takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.[fn]’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 - (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair,[fn] as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:2 - the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
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