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H1650

גְּשׁוּר

ge.shurN:N--L

Geshur

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

גְּשׁוּר proper name, masculine (bridge ? or land of bridges ? compare WetzstHauran, 82).

1. of people, = הַגְּשׁוּרִי Josh 13:13 compare 1Chr 2:23.
2. of land מֶלֶךְ גְּשׁוּר 2Sam 3:3; 2Sam 13:37 compare v2Sam 13:38 (but text in disorder compare ᵐ5 We Dr) 2Sam 14:32; 2Sam 15:8 בַּאֲרָם ׳בִּגְ 1Chr 3:2, גְּשׁ֫וּרָה 2Sam 14:23 a territory east of the upper Jordan, exact limits unknown; according to GutheZPV xii. 1889, 232 f. between Gilead and Hermon, in Jaulân; according to Furrerib. xiii. 1890, 198 = the Ledjah, district east of Jaulân, with town Jisre; against him Gutheib. 285 f.

7 occurrences

Joshua (1), II Samuel (5), I Chronicles (1)