Geshur גְּשׁוּר

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Geshur
גְּשׁוּר
Transliterationgeshur
Strong's numberH1650
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechplace name
GlossGeshur
Occurrences9 in 9 verses
Most frequent in2 Samuel (6)

Geshur (Hebrew גְּשׁוּר, Strong's H1650) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Geshur”. It occurs 9 times.

Definition

Geshur or Geshurites = "proud beholder"
a land in north Transjordania
Also named: ge.shu.ri (גְּשׁוּרִי "Geshurite" H1651)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVgeshur (8), geshurites (1)
BSBgeshur (9)

Verses

Every verse with Geshur, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Joshua

2 Samuel

1 Chronicles

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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