ʻAzzâh — H5804

H5804 · Hebrew — עזה

Pronunciation: az-zaw'

Definition

feminine locative proper noun

Azzah, a place in Palestine

  1. Azzah = "the strong"
  2. another name for 'Gaza', a city of the Philistines located in the extreme southwest of Palestine close to the Mediterranean

Usually translated as

Gaza, Azzah

Origin

feminine of H5794; strong

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻAzzâh occurs 21 times in 20 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (3), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Jeremiah (3), Amos (2), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (1)