GAZITES gaz'-its: Inhabitants of Gaza, who were Philistines when the Israelites came into contact with them (Joshua 13:3; Judges 16:2), but there was an older stratum of population which occupied the place before the invasion of the Philistines, probably of Amorite stock. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information

GAZZAM gaz'-am (gazzam, "devouring"): Head of a family of Nethinim who returned from exile (Ezra 2:48; Nehemiah 7:51; 1 Esdras 5:31, "Gazera"). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GAZZAM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

GAZING-STOCK gaz'-ing-stok: This obsolete word occurs twice: (1) in Nahum 3:6, as the translation of ro'i, "a sight" or "spectacle" (from ra'ah, "to look," "see," also "to look down upon," "despise,"); "I will .... make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock," as one set up to be gazed at, mocked and despised--a form of punishment in olde

GAZEZ ga'-zez (gazez, "shearer"): (1) A son of Ephah, Caleb's concubine (1 Chronicles 2:46). (2) A second Gazez is mentioned in the same verse as a son of Haran, another son of Ephah. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GAZEZ'". "International Standard Bibl

GAZER ga'-zer (gazer (in pause)). See GEZER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GAZER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

GAZERA ga-ze'-ra (Gazera): (1) A fortress of Judea (1 Maccabees 4:15; 7:45); in the Revised Version (British and American) always GAZARA (which see). (2) Head of a family of temple-servants who returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:31) = "Gazzam" in Ezra 2:48 and Nehemiah 7:51. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Inform

GAZELLE ga-zel' (tsebhi, and feminine tsebhiyah; compare Tabeitha (Acts 9:36), and Arabic zabi; also Arabic ghazal; Dorkas (Acts 9:36); modern Greek zarkadi): The word "gazelle" does not occur in the King James Version, where tsebhi and tsebhiyah, in the 16 passages where they occur, are uniformly translated "roe" or "roebuck." In the Revised Vers

GAZATHITES ga'-zath-its (`azzathim): The inhabitants of GAZA (which see) (Joshua 13:3 the King James Version), rendered "Gazites" (Judges 16:2). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GAZATHITES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

GAZA ga'-za (`azzah, "strong"; Septuagint Gaza; Arabic Ghazzeh): One of the five chief towns of Philistia and probably the oldest, situated near the coast in lat. 31 degrees 30' and about 40 miles South of Jaffa. It is on a hill rising 60 to 200 ft. above the plain, with sand dunes between it and the sea, which is about 2 1/2 miles distant. The pl

GAZARA ga-za'-ra (Gazara, Gazera): A fortress of great strength in Judea, which figures often in the Maccabean wars. To this place Judas pursued Gorgias (1 Maccabees 4:15). It was fortified by the Greek general Bacchides (1 Maccabees 9:52; Ant, XIII, i, 3). It was captured by Simon Maccabeus, who turned out the inhabitants and purified the city. H

GAULS golz (Galatai): Galatia in Asia Minor is literally the Gallia of the East; its inhabitants are called Galli by Roman writers, just as the inhabitants of ancient France are called Galatai by Greek writers. In some manuscripts in 2 Timothy 4:10, eis Gallian is read for eis Galatian. The emigration of the Gauls from Europe and their settlement

GAULONITIS gol-on-i'-tis. See GOLAN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GAULONITIS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

GATH-HEPHER gath-he'-fer (gath ha-chepher, "winepress of the pit"): A town on the boundary of Zebulun (Joshua 19:13; the King James Version in error, "Gittah- hapher"), the birthplace of the prophet Jonah (2 Kings 14:25). Jerome (Commentary on Jonah) speaks of Geth as an inconsiderable village, about 2 miles from Sepphoris on the Tiberias road, wh

GATH-RIMMON gath-rim'-un (gath rimmon, "winepress of Rimmon"): (1) A city in the territory of Da named with Bene-berak and Me-jarkon, in the plain not far from Joppa (Joshua 19:45), assigned to the Kohathite Levites (Joshua 21:24), reckoned to Ephraim in 1 Chronicles 6:69. Eusebius, Onomasticon locates it 12 miles from Eleutheropolis on the way to

GATE, VALLEY In Nehemiah 2:13 the King James Version, "gate of the valley." See JERUSALEM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GATE, VALLEY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

GATH gath (gath; Septuagint Geth, "winepress"): One of the five chief cities of the Philistines (Joshua 13:3; 1 Samuel 6:17). It was a walled town (2 Chronicles 26:6) and was not taken by Joshua, and, although many conflicts took place between the Israelites and its people, it does not seem to have been captured until the time of David (1 Chronicl

GATE, EAST The expressions are found in Ezekiel: "Even the gate that looketh toward the east" (43:1); "The gate whose prospect is toward the east" (43:4); but the idea of a gate on the eastern side as the principal entrance to the court of the sanctuary goes back to the days of the tabernacle (Exodus 27:13-16). In addition to its use as admitting

GATE, THE BEAUTIFUL bu'-ti-fool (he horaia pule tou hierou): This gate of Herod's temple is mentioned in the narrative of the healing of the lame man by Peter and John in Acts 3:2,10. Little dispute exists as to the identification of the Beautiful Gate with the splendid "gate of Nicanor" of the Mishna (Mid., i.4), and "Corinthian Gate" of Josephus

GATE gat (Hebrew normally (over 300 times) sha`ar; occasionally deleth, properly, "gateway" (but compare Deuteronomy 3:5); elsewhere the gateway is pethach (compare especially Genesis 19:6); Aramaic tera`; Greek pulon, pule; the English Revised Version and the King James Version add caph, "threshold," in 1 Chronicles 9:19,22; and the King James Ver

GATE, CORNER, FOUNTAIN, HORSE, SUR See JERUSALEM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GATE, CORNER, FOUNTAIN, HORSE, SUR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.