Lexicon Gerar: a place South of Gaza Original Word: גְּרָרPart of Speech: Proper Name Location Transliteration: Gerar Phonetic Spelling: (gher-awr') Short Definition: Gerar NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom gararDefinitiona place S. of Gaza NASB TranslationGerar (10).
Brown-Driver-Briggs גְּרָר proper name, of a location south of Gaza, usually identified with modern Umm Jerâr Bd Pal 159 Guérin Judée ii. 257 ff.; but Wady Jer¥r west of ±Ain †ad£s according to Trumbull Kadesh Barnea 61 ff. compare Guthe ZPV viii 1885, 215; Genesis 20:2; Genesis 26:6,20,26; 2Chron 14:12; 2 Chronicles 14:13; גְּרָ֫רָה Genesis 10:19, 26:1; נַ֫חַל גְּרָר Genesis 26:17; וַיָּגָר בִּגְרָר Genesis 20:1. גרשׂ (Arabic bray, pound, grind, coarse, Aramaic גְּרַס (rare) crush, , crushed, crush, destroy; compare following).
Strong's Gerar Probably from garar; a rolling country; Gerar, a Philistine city -- Gerar. see HEBREW garar |
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