Word Study · Strong's H1507 · Hebrew
גֶּזֶר
Gezer
gheh'-zer
“Gezer, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Gezer, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Gazer, Gezer.
- 15occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- גֶּ֖זֶר3
- בְּגָ֑זֶר2
- בְּגֶ֖זֶר1
- בְּגָֽזֶר׃ פ1
- גֶּ֔זֶר1
- גֶּ֙זֶר֙1
- גֶּ֤זֶר1
- גָּ֑זֶר1
- גָּ֔זֶר1
- גָּֽזֶר׃1
- גָֽזֶר׃ פ1
- גָּֽזְרָה׃1
How it is rendered · 4
- Gezer10
- in Gezer3
- at Gezer1
- Gezer towards1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)10
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 10
- HR/Npl · 4
- HNpl/Sd · 1
All 15, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Joshua5 of 15 · 33%
- 1 Chronicles4 of 15 · 27%
- 1 Kings3 of 15 · 20%
- Judges2 of 15 · 13%
- 2 Samuel1 of 15 · 7%
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Joshua5 occurrences
- Joshua 10:33גֶּ֔זֶרgezerproper noun (a name)At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.here: Gezer
- Joshua 12:12גֶּ֖זֶרgezerproper noun (a name)the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;here: Gezer
- Joshua 16:3גָּ֑זֶרgazerproper noun (a name)Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.here: Gezer
- Joshua 16:10בְּגָ֑זֶרbegazerpreposition + proper noun (a name)But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.here: in Gezer
- Joshua 21:21גֶּ֖זֶרgezerproper noun (a name)From the tribe of Ephraim they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,here: Gezer
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 1:29בְּגָ֑זֶרbegazerpreposition + proper noun (a name)Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.here: in Gezer
- Judges 1:29בְּגָֽזֶר׃ פbegazerpreposition + proper noun (a name)Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.here: in Gezer
2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Kings3 occurrences
- 1 Kings 9:15גָּֽזֶר׃gazerproper noun (a name)This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.here: Gezer
- 1 Kings 9:16גֶּ֙זֶר֙gezerproper noun (a name)Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.here: Gezer
- 1 Kings 9:17גָּ֔זֶרgazerproper noun (a name)So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,here: Gezer
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:67גֶּ֖זֶרgezerproper noun (a name)They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,here: Gezer
- 1 Chronicles 7:28גֶּ֤זֶרgezerproper noun (a name)Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.here: Gezer
- 1 Chronicles 14:16גָּֽזְרָה׃gazerahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.here: Gezer towards
- 1 Chronicles 20:4בְּגֶ֖זֶרbegezerpreposition + proper noun (a name)Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.here: at Gezer
Same headword in Strong's