Gob
גֹּבStrong’s H1507gov
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gov is the Hebrew word usually translated “gezer” and “at gezer”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.”
Meaning
- Gob = "cistern"
How it's translated
- gezer 11
- in gezer 3
- at gezer 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 5
- 1 Chronicles 4
- 1 Kings 3
- Judges 1
- 2 Samuel 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 12:12The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
- Joshua 16:3And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
- Joshua 16:10And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
- Joshua 21:21For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
- Judges 1:29Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
- 2 Samuel 5:25And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
Hebrew dictionary
גֹּב gov · Gob
Gob = "cistern" a place which was the scene of two encounters between David's warriors and the Philistines (also '"Gezer') Another name of ge.zer (גֶּ֫זֶר "Gezer" H1507)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gob” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GOB, noun
[Heb. a hill, a boss.]
A little mass or collection; a mouthful. [A low word.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.