Geshuri גְּשׁוּרִי
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| גְּשׁוּרִי | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | geshuri |
| Strong's number | H1651 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Geshurite |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Joshua (4) |
Geshuri (Hebrew גְּשׁוּרִי, Strong's H1651) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Geshurite”. It occurs 6 times.
Definition
Group of ge.shur (גְּשׁוּר "Geshur" H1650)
§ Geshuri or Geshurites
1) inhabitants of Geshur
2) a tribe in south Palestine of or near the Philistines
§ Geshuri or Geshurites
1) inhabitants of Geshur
2) a tribe in south Palestine of or near the Philistines
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | geshurites (4), geshuri (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | geshurites (5) |
Verses
Every verse with Geshuri, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 3:14Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
Joshua
- Joshua 12:5And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
- Joshua 13:2This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,This is the land that remains:
- Joshua 13:11And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—
- Joshua 13:13Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 27:8And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).