Geshur
גְּשׁוּרStrong’s H1650geshur (ge-shur)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Geshur is the Hebrew word usually translated “geshur”, “geshur towards” and “from geshur”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.”
Meaning
- Geshur or Geshurites = "proud beholder"
How it's translated
- geshur 6
- geshur towards 1
- from geshur 1
- at geshur 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 6
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Joshua 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 3:3And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
- 2 Samuel 13:37But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
- 2 Samuel 13:38So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
- 2 Samuel 14:23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 14:32And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
- 2 Samuel 15:8For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
Hebrew dictionary
גְּשׁוּר geshur · Geshur
Geshur or Geshurites = "proud beholder" a land in north Transjordania Also named: ge.shu.ri (גְּשׁוּרִי "Geshurite" H1651)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.