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גְּשׁוּר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1650

Geshur — used 9 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Geshur tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גְּשׁוּר: n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. (bridge? or land of bridges? cf. Wetzst Haurgran, 82). of people, = הַגְּשׁוּרִי Jos 13:13 cf. 1 Ch 2:23. of land מֶלֶךְ גְּשׁוּר 2 S 3:3; 13:37 cf. v 38 (but text in disorder cf. 𝔊 We Dr) 14:32; 15:8 בִּגְּ׳ בַּאֲרָם 1 Ch 3:2, גְּשׁוּרָה 2 S 14:23; a territory E. of the upper Jordan, exact limits unknown; according to Guthe ZPV xii. 1889, 232 f. between Gilead and Hermon, in Jaulân; according to Furrer ib. xiii. 1890, 198 = the Ledjah, district E. of Jaulân, with town Jisre; against him Guthe ib. 285 f.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Geshur (5); of Geshur (3); to (1).

In the verses

2 Samuel 13:38 · tree →

וְאַבְשָׁל֥וֹם בָּרַ֖ח וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּר וַיְהִי־שָׁ֖ם שָׁלֹ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃

Word for word: and Absalom he.fled and he.went Geshur and he.was there three years

JPS 1917: So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

2 Samuel 14:23 · tree →

וַיָּ֥קָם יוֹאָ֖ב וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּרָה וַיָּבֵ֥א אֶת־אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ

Word for word: and he.arose Joab and he.went to Geshur and he.brought (et) Absalom Jerusalem

JPS 1917: So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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