Word Study · Strong's H6100 · Hebrew
עֶצְיוֹן גֶּבֶר
Etsyon Geber
ets-yone' gheh'ber
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻEtsyôwn Geber
“Etsjon-Geber, a place on the Red Sea”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Etsjon-Geber, a place on the Red Sea
Rendered in the KJV as
Ezion-geber.
- 14occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 14 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- בְּעֶצְי֥וֹן3
- גָּֽבֶר׃3
- בְּעֶצְיֽוֹן־1
- גֶּ֨בֶר1
- גֶּ֧בֶר1
- גָּ֑בֶר1
- גָּ֑בֶר ס1
- וּמֵעֶצְיֹ֣ן1
- לְעֶצְיֽוֹן־1
- מֵעֶצְי֣וֹן1
How it is rendered · 6
- Geber7
- at Ezion3
- and from Ezion1
- from Ezion1
- in Ezion1
- to Ezion1
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)7
- preposition + proper noun (a name)6
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 7
- HR/Npl · 6
- HC/R/Npl · 1
All 14, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Numbers4 occurrences
- Numbers 33:35בְּעֶצְי֥וֹןbeetzyonpreposition + proper noun (a name)They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.here: at Ezion
- Numbers 33:35גָּֽבֶר׃gaverproper noun (a name)They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.here: Geber
- Numbers 33:36מֵעֶצְי֣וֹןmeetzyonpreposition + proper noun (a name)They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.here: from Ezion
- Numbers 33:36גָּ֑בֶרgaverproper noun (a name)They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.here: Geber
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 2:8וּמֵעֶצְיֹ֣ןumeetzyonconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.here: and from Ezion
- Deuteronomy 2:8גָּ֑בֶר סgaverproper noun (a name)So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.here: Geber
1 Kings4 occurrences
- 1 Kings 9:26בְּעֶצְיֽוֹן־beetzyon-preposition + proper noun (a name)King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.here: at Ezion
- 1 Kings 9:26גֶּ֨בֶרgeverproper noun (a name)King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.here: Geber
- 1 Kings 22:48בְּעֶצְי֥וֹןbeetzyonpreposition + proper noun (a name)Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.here: at Ezion
- 1 Kings 22:48גָּֽבֶר׃gaverproper noun (a name)Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.here: Geber
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 8:17לְעֶצְיֽוֹן־leetzyon-preposition + proper noun (a name)Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.here: to Ezion
- 2 Chronicles 8:17גֶּ֧בֶרgeverproper noun (a name)Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.here: Geber
- 2 Chronicles 20:36בְּעֶצְי֥וֹןbeetzyonpreposition + proper noun (a name)They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.here: in Ezion
- 2 Chronicles 20:36גָּֽבֶר׃gaverproper noun (a name)They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.here: Geber