Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H1642
גְּרָר
Gerargher-awr'
Gerar
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Gᵉrâr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1642is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1642
Gerar, a Philistine city
The King James renders it: Gerar.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Gerar is rendered "Gerar". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 10:19and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Genesis 10:19גְרָ֖רָה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's ten uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Gerar4
- Gerar towards2
- in Gerar2
- from Gerar1
- to Gerar1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בִּגְרָֽר׃2
- גְּרָ֔ר2
- גְרָ֗ר1
- גְּרָ֖ר1
- גְרָ֖רָה1
- גְּרָֽרָה׃1
- לִגְרָר֒1
- מִגְּרָ֑ר1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)4HNpl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4HR/Npl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2HNpl/Sd
Genesis
eight uses
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
- גְרָ֖רָהgerarahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Gerar towards
Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
- בִּגְרָֽר׃bigrarpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gerar
Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
- גְּרָ֔רgerarproper noun (a name)tagged: Gerar
Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
- גְּרָֽרָה׃gerarahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Gerar towards
So Isaac settled in Gerar.
- בִּגְרָֽר׃bigrarpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gerar
So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
- גְּרָ֖רgerarproper noun (a name)tagged: Gerar
But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.
- גְרָ֗רgerarproper noun (a name)tagged: Gerar
Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
- מִגְּרָ֑רmigerarpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Gerar
2 Chronicles
two uses
Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
- לִגְרָר֒ligrarpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Gerar
and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.
- גְּרָ֔רgerarproper noun (a name)tagged: Gerar
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.