Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H5804
עַזָּה
Azzahaz-zaw'
Gaza
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻAzzâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5804is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 14spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5804
Azzah, a place in Palestine
The King James renders it: Azzah, Gaza.
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
Azzah is rendered "Gaza". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Four of the uses stand in Judges, 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 fourteen 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 10:19עַזָּ֑ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Gaza14
- Gaza towards2
- and Gaza1
- Ayyah1
- for Gaza1
- from Gaza1
- in Gaza1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| עַזָּתִי | Azzathi | Gaza | Uses2 |
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
14 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
- עַזָּ֑ה5
- עַזָּ֔ה3
- עַזָּה֙2
- בְּעַזָּ֛ה1
- וְעַזָּה֙1
- לְעַזָּ֤ה1
- מֵֽעַזָּ֔ה1
- עַזָּ֥ה1
- עַזָּ֣ה1
- עַזָּ֖ה1
- עַזָּֽה׃ ס1
- עַזָּ֑תָה1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)15HNpl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3HR/Npl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2HNpl/Sd
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
Genesis
one 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.
- עַזָּ֑הʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
Deuteronomy
one use
And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)
- עַזָּ֑הʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
Joshua
three uses
Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
- עַזָּ֑הʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
- בְּעַזָּ֛הbeazahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gaza
Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
- עַזָּ֥הʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
Judges
four uses
And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.
- עַזָּ֣הʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.
- עַזָּ֑הʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
- עַזָּ֑תָהʾazatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Gaza towards
Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
- עַזָּ֗תָהʾazatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Gaza towards
1 Samuel
one use
As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
- לְעַזָּ֤הleazahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: for Gaza
1 Kings
one use
For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.
- עַזָּ֔הʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
2 Kings
one use
He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
- עַזָּ֖הʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
1 Chronicles
one use
Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
- עַיָּ֖הʾaiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ayyah
Jeremiah
three uses
all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
- עַזָּה֙ʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
- עַזָּֽה׃ סʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?
- עַזָּ֔הʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
Amos
two uses
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
- עַזָּ֔הʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.
- עַזָּ֑הʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
Zephaniah
one use
For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
- עַזָּה֙ʾazahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gaza
Zechariah
two uses
Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.
- וְעַזָּה֙veazahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Gaza
- מֵֽעַזָּ֔הmeazahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Gaza
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 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.