This is the name of the place Geshur: Aramean kingdom; Talmai's domain; refuge for Absalom.
Definition
from an unused root (meaning to join); bridge; Geshur, a district of Syria
Traditional renderings: Geshur, Geshurite.
Traditional renderings: Geshur, Geshurite.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
9 total
- Joshua 13:13גְּשׁ֤וּר · So Geshur…but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
- 2 Samuel 3:3גְּשֽׁוּר׃ · of Geshur…his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
- 2 Samuel 13:37גְּשׁ֑וּר · of GeshurNow Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.
- 2 Samuel 13:38גְּשׁ֑וּר · to GeshurAfter Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
- 2 Samuel 14:23גְּשׁ֑וּרָה · to GeshurSo Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 14:32מִגְּשׁ֔וּר · from Geshur“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
- 2 Samuel 15:8בִגְשׁ֛וּר · in GeshurFor your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
- 1 Chronicles 2:23גְּשֽׁוּר־ · But GeshurBut Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 3:2גְּשׁ֑וּר · of Geshur…the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;