Geshurite
גְּשׁוּרִיStrong’s H1651geshuri (ge-shu-ri)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Geshuri is the Hebrew word usually translated “geshurite”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.”
Meaning
- Inhabitants of Geshur
- A tribe in south Palestine of or near the Philistines
How it's translated
- the geshurite 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 4
- Deuteronomy 1
- 1 Samuel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 12:5And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
- Joshua 13:2This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
- Joshua 13:11And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
- Joshua 13:13Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
- 1 Samuel 27:8And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
Hebrew dictionary
גְּשׁוּרִי geshuri · Geshurite
Group of ge.shur (גְּשׁוּר "Geshur" H1650) § Geshuri or Geshurites 1) inhabitants of Geshur 2) a tribe in south Palestine of or near the Philistines
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.