Lexical Summary Gath: "wine press", a Philistine city Original Word: גַּתTransliteration: Gath Phonetic Spelling: (gath) Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: "wine press", a Philistine city Meaning: Gath -- "wine press", a Philistine city Strong's Concordance Gath The same as gath; Gath, a Philistine city -- Gath. see HEBREW gath Brown-Driver-Briggs H1661. Gath II. גַּת proper name, of a location (wine-press) — Philistine city ᵐ5 Γεθ, ᵑ9 Geth, JosAnt. vi. 12, 2 etc., Γιττα (ed. Niese), exact site unknown (see GASmGeog. 194 ff.), named with Gaza and Ashdod Joshua 11:22 as home of remaining `Anakim; named with Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon and `Ekron 1 Samuel 6:17; with Ashkelon 1:20; with Ashkelon, yabne and Ashdod 2 Chronicles 26:6; וְעַדגַּֿת מֵעֶקְרוֺן 1 Samuel 7:14, compare 17:52b and also 17:52a (read גַּת for ᵐ5 גַּיְא We Dr); called מְּלִשְׁתִּים גַּת Amos 6:2; built up by Rehoboam, according to 2 Chronicles 11:8; taken by Hazael 2 Kings 12:18; also 1 Samuel 5:8; 17:4, 23 (of Goliath), compare 2 Samuel 21:20, 22 = 1 Chronicles 20:6, 8; 1 Samuel 21:11; 21:13; 27:2-3, 4, 11; 2 Samuel 15:18; 1 Kings 2:39 (twice in verse); 2:40-41, Psalm 56:1; Micah 1:10, 14; 1 Chronicles 7:21; 8:13, also 18:1 (but "" אַמָּה מֶתֶג 2 Samuel 8:1; on change of this into reading in Chronicles see We); with ה locative, גַּ֫תָּה 1 Kings 2:40. |
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