עַזָּה proper name, of a location Gaza, Γαζα (Assyrian –azzutu, etc., COT^{i. 97} Dl^{Pa 290, Tel Amarna} –azati, Azzati Wkl³⁸ *; Egyptian Ga¼atu WMM^{As.u.Eur.87,96,159,392}; ᵐ5 Γαζα, so Josephus^Ant.xiii.5,5, etc.; Herod.^{ii, 159}; iii. 5 Κάδυτις); — Philistine city (modern , Ghazze, Razze), approximately Latitude 31 degrees; 3 minutes North, Longitude 34 degrees 28 minutes East, approximately 50 miles west-southwest from Jerusalem, near the sea (Rob^{BR ii. 36 ff.} GASm^{Geogr. 181 ff.} Buhl^{Geogr. 190 f.}), Judges 16:1,21 (both עַזָּ֑תָה), southernmost of the famous five cities, Genesis 10:19 (J), Judges 6:4; 1 Kings 5:4; 2 Kings 18:8, compare Deuteronomy 2:23; Joshua 10:41 (D); also Joshua 11:22 (D), Joshua 15:47 (P), Judges 1:18; 1 Samuel 6:17; Amos 1:6,7; Zephaniah 2:4; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 47:1,5; Zechariah 9:5 (twice in verse); — On commercial importance see DHM^{B und S 989} Gatt^{ZPV vii (1884), 1ff., 293 ff.; viii (1885), 69 ff., 179 ff}. — For עַזָּה 1 Chronicles 7:28 van d. H., read עַיָּה Baer Ginsb (q. v.), Be Oettli Kau Kit^Hpt.; see עַי.