HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1650
גְּשׁוּר
ge.shur — Geshur
Geshur or Geshurites = "proud beholder" a land in north Transjordania Also named: ge.shu.ri (גְּשׁוּרִי "Geshurite" H1651)
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Geshurites
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1651
גְּשׁוּרִי
ge.shu.ri — Geshurite
Group of ge.shur (גְּשׁוּר "Geshur" H1650) § Geshuri or Geshurites 1) inhabitants of Geshur 2) a tribe in south Palestine of or near the Philistines
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(1.) The inhabitants of Geshur. They maintained friendly relations with the Israelites on the east of Jordan (Josh. 12:5; 13:11, 13). (2.) Another aboriginal people of Palestine who inhabited the south-west border of the land. Geshuri in Josh. 13:2 should be “the Geshurite,” not the Geshurites mentioned in ver. 11, 13, but the tribe mentioned in 1 Sam. 27:8.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.