ʻAzzâthîy — H5841
H5841 · Hebrew — עזתי
Pronunciation: az-zaw-thee'
Definition
adjective
an Azzathite or inhabitant of Azzah
- Gazathites or Gazites = see Gaza "the strong"
- an inhabitant of the city of Gaza
Usually translated as
Gazathite, Gazite
Origin
patrial from H5804
Occurrences
ʻAzzâthîy occurs 2 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), Judges (1)
- Joshua 13:3 — From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites (הָעַזָּתִ֤י), and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
- Judges 16:2 — And it was told the Gazites (לַֽעַזָּתִ֣ים), saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.