H1507 - גֶּזֶר (Gezer)

H1507 גֶּזֶר (Gezer) gheh'-zer

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Gezer

Biblical Persons & Places

Gezer Gezer

A location first mentioned at Jos.10.33; referred to as Gezer (גֶּ֫זֶר), or Gob (גֹּב).

Strong's Definition

Gezer, a place in Palestine

Derivation: the same as H1506 (גֶּזֶר);

KJV Usage: Gazer, Gezer.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Gazer or Gezer = "portion"

1) a Levitical city on the border of Ephraim

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

Gazer or Gezer = "portion" a Levitical city on the border of Ephraim Also named: gov (גֹּב "Gob" H1359)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גֶּזֶר gezer BDB Definition: Gazer or Gezer = portion 1) a Levitical city on the border of Ephraim Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: the same as H1506 Total KJV Occurrences: 15

Bible Occurrences (14)

10:33 12:12 16:3 16:10 21:21

1:29

5:25

9:15 9:16 9:17

6:67 7:28 14:16 20:4

Joshua 10:33

At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people,... leaving no survivors.

Joshua 12:12

the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

Joshua 16:3

Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended... at the Sea.

Joshua 16:10

But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.

Joshua 21:21

they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,

Judges 1:29

Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.

2 Samuel 5:25

So David... did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to... Gezer.

1 Kings 9:15

This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.