Word Study · Strong's H1650 · Hebrew
גְּשׁוּר
Geshur
ghesh-oor'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Gᵉshûwr
“Geshur, a district of Syria”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Geshur, a district of Syria
Rendered in the KJV as
Geshur, Geshurite.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- גְּשׁ֑וּר3
- בִגְשׁ֛וּר1
- גְּשׁ֤וּר1
- גְּשֽׁוּר־1
- גְּשֽׁוּר׃1
- גְּשׁ֑וּרָה1
- מִגְּשׁ֔וּר1
How it is rendered · 4
- Geshur6
- at Geshur1
- from Geshur1
- Geshur 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)6
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 6
- HR/Npl · 2
- HNpl/Sd · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel6 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 3:3גְּשֽׁוּר׃geshurproper noun (a name)his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;here: Geshur
- 2 Samuel 13:37גְּשׁ֑וּרgeshurproper noun (a name)Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.here: Geshur
- 2 Samuel 13:38גְּשׁ֑וּרgeshurproper noun (a name)After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.here: Geshur
- 2 Samuel 14:23גְּשׁ֑וּרָהgeshurahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.here: Geshur towards
- 2 Samuel 14:32מִגְּשׁ֔וּרmigeshurpreposition + proper noun (a name)“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”here: from Geshur
- 2 Samuel 15:8בִגְשׁ֛וּרvigshurpreposition + proper noun (a name)For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”here: at Geshur
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:23גְּשֽׁוּר־geshur-proper noun (a name)But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.here: Geshur
- 1 Chronicles 3:2גְּשׁ֑וּרgeshurproper noun (a name)the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;here: Geshur