גְּשׁוּרִי

ge.shu.riGeshurite
hebrewOld TestamentName of a people group6 occurrences3 books6 verses
This word comes from the name of Geshur.

Definition

patrial from H1650; a Geshurite (also collectively) or inhabitants of Geshur
Traditional renderings: Geshuri, Geshurites.

Glossary entries

Geshur, Geshurites

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

6 total
  1. Deuteronomy 3:14הַגְּשׁוּרִ֖י · of the Geshurites
    Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
  2. Joshua 12:5הַגְּשׁוּרִ֖י · of the Geshurites
    He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
  3. Joshua 13:2הַגְּשׁוּרִֽי׃ · and the Geshurites
    This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,
  4. Joshua 13:11הַגְּשׁוּרִ֣י · of the Geshurites
    …also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—
  5. Joshua 13:13הַגְּשׁוּרִ֖י · the Geshurites
    …but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
  6. 1 Samuel 27:8הַגְּשׁוּרִ֥י · the Geshurites
    Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)