Gᵉshûwr — H1650

Definition

masculine proper noun

Geshur, a district of Syria

1. Geshur or Geshurites = "proud beholder"
2. a people
3. a land in north Transjordania

Usually translated as

Geshur, Geshurite

Origin

from an unused root (meaning to join); bridge

Occurrences

Gᵉshûwr occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), 2 Samuel (6), 1 Chronicles (2)

• Joshua 13:13 — Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites (גְּשׁ֤וּר) and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
• 2 Samuel 3:3 — And 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 (גְּשֽׁוּר);
• 2 Samuel 13:37 — But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur (גְּשׁ֑וּר). And David mourned for his son every day.
• 2 Samuel 13:38 — So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur (גְּשׁ֑וּר), and was there three years.
• 2 Samuel 14:23 — So Joab arose and went to Geshur (גְּשׁ֑וּרָה), and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
• 2 Samuel 14:32 — And 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 (מִגְּשׁ֔וּר)? 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 15:8 — For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur (בִגְשׁ֛וּר) in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
• 1 Chronicles 2:23 — And he took Geshur (גְּשֽׁוּר), and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
• 1 Chronicles 3:2 — The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur (גְּשׁ֑וּר): the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: