GATAM ga'-tam (ga`tam): An Edomite chief, grandson of Esau (Genesis 36:11,16; 1 Chronicles 1:36). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GATAM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

GAS gas (Gas): Named among the "sons of the servants of Solomon" (1 Esdras 5:34); not mentioned in the lists of Ezra and Nehemiah. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

GASHMU gash'-mu, gash'-moo (gashmu): A form of the name GESHEM (which see), found in Nehemiah 6:6 (compare Nehemiah 6:1), "And Gashmu saith it." According to BDB the same termination -u is found in Nabatean proper names. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'G

GARRISON gar'-i-s'-n. See WAR. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GARRISON'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

GARNISH gar'-nish (tsippah, shiphrah; kosmeo): The word is used twice in the Old Testament. In 2 Chronicles 3:6, tsippah means "to overlay," or "to plate." Thus, he "garnished" the house or "overlaid" it, "studded" it, with precious stones, and thus adorned and beautified it. In Job 26:13, shiphrah is a feminine noun meaning "fairness," "beauty,"

GARNER gar'-ner (mazu; apotheke): "Garners," derived from zawah, "to gather," occurs in Psalms 144:13; 'otsar is similarly translated in Joel 1:17. In the New Testament apotheke is twice translated "garner" (Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17). The same word is translated "barns" in Matthew 6:26; 13:30; Luke 12:18,24. Copyright Statement These files are pub

GARMITE gar'-mit (garmi): A gentilic name applied to Keilah in 1 Chronicles 4:19. The reason for this is not known. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GARMITE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

GARMENT gar'-ment. See DRESS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GARMENT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

GARLIC gar'-lik (shum, used only in plural shumim; compare Arabic thum): One of the delights of Egypt for which the Israelites in the Wilderness longed (Numbers 11:5); we know from other sources that, though originally a product of Central Asia, garlic was known to the ancient Egyptians. It is the bulb of Allium sativum, Natural Order Liliaceae, a

GARLAND gar'-land (stemma, "wreath"): Mentioned only in Acts 14:13, where it is said that the priest of Jupiter brought oxen and garlands unto the gates with which to offer sacrifices unto Barnabas and Paul. The rendering "oxen and garlands," instead of "oxen garlanded," seems to imply that the garlands were for the priests and altar and worshippe

GARIZIM gar'-i-zim. See GERIZIM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GARIZIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

GARDENER gar'-d'-n-er (kepouros): "Gardener" occurs once in the English Versions of the Bible (John 20:15), the translation of kepos and ouros, "warden" or "keeper." It is likely that the man referred to was the watchman or keeper (Arabic natur; Hebrew notser), corresponding to those mentioned in 2 Kings 17:9; 18:8; Job 27:18, etc., and not one wh

GAREB ga'-reb (garebh): One of David's "mighty men of the armies" (2 Samuel 23:38; 1 Chronicles 11:40), an "Ithrite," i.e. a member of one of the families of Kiriath-jearim (1 Chronicles 2:53). Some, however, read ha-yattiri for ha- yithri, thus making him a native of Jattir. See IRA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliograph

GARDEN, THE KING'S Mention is made of "the king's garden" in 2 Kings 25:4; Jeremiah 39:4; 52:7 (fundamentally the same passage), in connection with the flight of Zedekiah from Jerusalem; and again in Nehemiah 3:15. The last passage shows that the "garden" was at the pool of Siloah (the Revised Version (British and American) "Shelah"), at the mouth

GARDEN-HOUSE (beth ha-gan): A place mentioned in describing the flight of Ahaziah, king of Judah, from Jehu (2 Kings 9:27). Probably we ought not to translate the Hebrew, but take it as a proper name, BETH-HAGGAN (which see). If he fled southward, the town might possibly be Jenin, EN-GANNIM, which see. Copyright Statement These files are public do

GAR gar: the King James Version for GAS (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GAR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

GARDEN gar'-d'-n (gan, gannah, ginnah; kepos): The Arabic jannah (diminutive, jannainah), like the Hebrew gannah, literally, "a covered or hidden place," denotes in the mind of the dweller in the East something more than the ordinary garden. Gardens in Biblical times, such as are frequently referred to in Semitic literature, were usually walled en

GAP The translation of perets, "a breach" (Ezekiel 13:5, "Ye have not gone up into the gaps," the Revised Version, margin "breaches"; Ezekiel 22:30, "I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land"). Said of prophets who failed to stand up for the right and to strengthen and preserve the pe

GAMUL ga'-mul (gamul, "weaned"): The head of the 22nd of the 24 courses of priests inaugurated by David (1 Chronicles 24:17). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GAMUL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

GANGRENE gan'-gren (gaggraina, pronounced gan-graina; the King James Version canker): The name was used by the old Greek physicians for an eating ulcer which corrodes the soft parts and, according to Galen, often ends in mortification. Paul compares the corrupting influence of profane babbling or levity, in connection with subjects which ought to