H1650 - גְּשׁוּר (Gᵉshûwr)

H1650 גְּשׁוּר (Gᵉshûwr) ghesh-oor'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Geshur

Biblical Persons & Places

Geshur Geshur

A location first mentioned at Jos.13.13; referred to as Geshur (גְּשׁוּר), or Geshurite (גְּשׁוּרִי).

Strong's Definition

Geshur, a district of Syria

Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to join); bridge;

KJV Usage: Geshur, Geshurite.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Geshur or Geshurites = "proud beholder"

1) a people

2) a land in north Transjordania

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גְּשׁוּר geshûr BDB Definition: Geshur or Geshurites = proud beholder 1) a people 2) a land in north Transjordania Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root (meaning to join) Total KJV Occurrences: 8

Bible Occurrences (9)

13:13

3:3 13:37 13:38 14:23 14:32 15:8

2:23 3:2

Joshua 13:13

but the Israelites... did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.

2 Samuel 3:3

his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;

2 Samuel 13:37

Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.

2 Samuel 13:38

After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.

2 Samuel 14:23

So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 14:32

Look, said Absalom -, I sent for you and said, Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? [It would be] better for me [if] I [were] still there. So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.

2 Samuel 15:8

For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD [in Hebron].

1 Chronicles 2:23

But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair -, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these [were] descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.