Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H1661
גַּת
Gathgath
Gath
32 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1661is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 22spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1661
Gath, a Philistine city
The King James renders it: Gath.
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
Gath is rendered "Gath". It stands 32 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Joshua 11:22No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-two different ways.
The first use
No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
Joshua 11:22בְּגַ֥ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twelve of the word's thirty-two uses are in 1 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Gath17
- in Gath7
- from Gath4
- at Gath2
- for Gath1
- Gath towards1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| גַּת | gath | wine press | Uses5 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 32, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
22 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
- בְּגַ֑ת4
- גַּ֖ת3
- גַּֽת׃3
- גַת֙2
- גַּ֑ת2
- גַּ֥ת2
- בְגַ֔ת1
- בְּגַ֥ת1
- בְּגַ֛ת1
- בְּגַת֙1
- בְּגַֽת׃1
- גַּ֣ת1
and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)17HNpl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)14HR/Npl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1HNpl/Sd
Joshua
one use
No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
- בְּגַ֥תbegatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gath
1 Samuel
twelve uses
So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.
- גַּ֣תgatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
- לְגַ֥תlegatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: for Gath
The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
- גַּ֔תgatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
- מִגַּ֑תmigatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Gath
And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
- מִגַּת֙migatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Gath
Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
- גַּ֖תgatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
- גַּֽת׃gatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
- גַּֽת׃gatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
- גַּֽת׃gatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
- בְּגַ֛תbegatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gath
And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
- גַּ֑תgatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
- גַת֙gatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
2 Samuel
four uses
Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
- בְגַ֔תvegatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gath
and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
- מִגַּ֔תmigatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Gath
And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
- בְּגַ֑תbegatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Gath
So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
- בְּגַ֑תbegatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gath
1 Kings
five uses
After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
- גַּ֑תgatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
- בְּגַֽת׃begatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gath
So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
- גַּ֙תָה֙gatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Gath towards
- מִגַּֽת׃migatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Gath
When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
- גַּ֖תgatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
2 Kings
one use
At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
- גַּ֖תgatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
1 Chronicles
five uses
Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.
- גַת֙gatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages), and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).
- גַֽת׃gatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
- גַּ֥תgatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
- בְּגַ֑תbegatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Gath
So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
- בְּגַ֑תbegatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gath
2 Chronicles
two uses
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
- גַּ֥תgatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
- גַּ֗תgatproper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
Amos
one use
Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
- גַת־gat-proper noun (a name)tagged: Gath
Micah
one use
Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
- בְּגַת֙begatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gath
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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.