Word Study · Strong's H1662 · Hebrew
גַּת־הַחֵפֶר
Gath-ha-Chepher
gath-hah-khay'-fer
Strong's 1890 spelling: Gath-ha-Chêpher
“Gath-Chepher, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Gath-Chepher, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Gath-kephr, Gittah-kephr.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- גִּתָּ֥ה1
- הַחֵֽפֶר׃1
- חֵ֖פֶר1
- מִגַּ֥ת1
How it is rendered · 4
- [was] from Gath1
- Gath towards1
- Hepher1
- the Hepher1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 1
- HNpl/Sd · 1
- HR/Npl · 1
- HTd/Npl · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 19:13גִּתָּ֥הgitahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.here: Gath towards
- Joshua 19:13חֵ֖פֶרcheferproper noun (a name)From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.here: Hepher
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 14:25מִגַּ֥תmigatpreposition + proper noun (a name)This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.here: [was] from Gath
- 2 Kings 14:25הַחֵֽפֶר׃hacheferthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.here: the Hepher