Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
גְּרָר
- Transliteration
- Gᵉrâr
- Pronunciation
- gher-awr'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 10
Glosses
Gerar.
Lexicon definition
Gerar, a Philistine city
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Gerar
A royal city of the Philistines, situate not far from the angle where the south and west sides of Palestine meet. Gerar is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “same as Gera.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Study at a glance
- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H1642
- Hebrew
- גְּרָר · Gᵉrâr
- Name meaning
- same as Gera According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Strong’s and original-language information
H1642
Greek lexical coverage
No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry
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Complete dictionary entries
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Gerar
same as Gera
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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
GERAR
a royal city of the Philistines, situate not far from the angle where the south and west sides of Palestine meet.
Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources
Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Gerar
Indexed occurrences: 10
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All Scripture references14 references
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
GERAR
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for GERAR.
Indexed references: 5
Scripture references:
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Bible Names
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Gerar
Meaning:
same as Gera
Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources
Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
Ancient Context2 items
Josephus Antiquities Whiston
Concerning The Sons Of Isaac, Esau And Jacob; Of Their Nativity And Education.
Antiquities Book 1, Chapter 18
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How Zerah, King Of The Ethiopians, Was Beaten By Asa; And How Asa, Upon Baasha's Making War Against Him, Invited The King Of The Damascens To Assist Him; And How, On The Destruction Of The House Of Baasha Zimri Got The Kingdom As Did His Son Ahab After Him.
Antiquities Book 8, Chapter 12
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Topic
GERAR
Nave’s Topical Bible references for GERAR.
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Famine
The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt (Gen. 26:1). Another is mentioned as having occurred in the days of Isaac, causing him to go to Gerar (Gen. 26:1, 17). But the most remarkable of all was that which arose in Egypt in the days of Joseph, which lasted for seven years (Gen. 41-45). Famines were sent as an effect of God's anger against a guilty people (2 Kings 8:1, 2; Amos 8:11; Deut. 28:22-42; 2 Sam. 21:1; 2 Kings 6:25-28; 25:3; Jer. 14:15; 19:9; 42:17, etc.). A famine was predicted by Agabus (Acts 11:28). Josephus makes mention of the famine which occurred A.D. 45. Helena, queen of Adiabene, being at Jerusalem at that time, procured corn from Alexandria and figs from Cyprus for its poor inhabitants.
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Gedor
A wall. (1.) A city in the mountains or hill country of Judah (Josh. 15:58), identified with Jedar, between Jerusalem and Hebron. (2.) 1 Chr. 4:39, the Gederah of Josh. 15:36, or the well-known Gerar, as the LXX. read, where the patriarchs of old had sojourned and fed their flocks (Gen. 20:1, 14, 15; 26:1, 6, 14). (3.) A town apparently in Benjamin (1 Chr. 12:7), the same probably as Geder (Josh. 12:13).
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Gerar
same as Gera
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Phicol
Great, the chief captain of the army of Abimelech, the Philistine king of Gerar. He entered into an alliance with Abraham with reference to a certain well which, from this circumstance, was called Beersheba (q.v.), "the well of the oath" (Gen. 21:22, 32; 26:26).
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