Gôb — H1359

Definition

locative proper noun

Gob, a place in Palestine

1. Gob = "cistern"
2. a place which was the scene of two encounters between David's warriors and the Philistines (also '"Gezer')

Usually translated as

Gob

Origin

or (fully) Gôwb; from H1461; pit

• Derived from Gûwb (H1461)

Occurrences

Gôb occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (2)

• 2 Samuel 21:18 — And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob (בְּג֖וֹב): then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
• 2 Samuel 21:19 — And there was again a battle in Gob (בְּג֖וֹב) with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.