H1359 H1359
Gob — an unidentified battlefield site where David's warriors fought the Philistines
Gob appears as the location of two battles between David's champions and Philistine warriors, including encounters with giants descended from the Rephaim. The site's identity remains uncertain; textual variants suggest it may be the same as Gezer or Gath. Ancient versions differ widely, and the parallel account in Chronicles omits the name or substitutes other locations. The name itself may derive from words for cistern or pit, suggesting a geographical feature, but the exact location has been lost to history.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A place name marking the site of Philistine conflicts during David's reign (2 Samuel 21:18-19). Ancient versions and parallel texts offer conflicting identifications (Gezer, Gath, or transliterations like Gob/Gov), revealing early uncertainty about this location's precise identity. The name may relate to cistern or depression terminology, but no definitive archaeological correlation exists. 2×
AR["فِي-جُوبَ"]·ben["গোবে"]·DE["in-Gob"]·EN["in-Gob"]·FR["dans-Gob"]·heb["ב-גוב"]·HI["गोब-में"]·ID["di-Gob"]·IT["in-Gob"]·jav["wonten-ing-Gob"]·KO["에-곱"]·PT["em-Gov"]·RU["в-Гове"]·ES["en-Gov"]·SW["Gobu"]·TR["Gov'da"]·urd["جوب-میں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גֹּב 2 S 21:18, גּוֹב v 19 n.pr.loc. (cf. Aramaic גֻּבָּא den, and ܓܘܽܒܳܐ, Arabic جُبٌّ, Ethiopic ግብ Assyrian gubbu, well, cistern, v. גבב)—field of battle with Philistines 2 S 21:18 = גֶּזֶר in ‖ 1 Ch 20:4 (so here Th Ew; cf. Jos 10:33), but = גַּת 𝔊 𝔖 2 S 21:18 (𝔊L Γαζεθ); 2 S 21:9 (om. ‖ 1 Ch 20:5), 𝔊 Ρομ, Ροβ; Klo Gath; in v 16 We Dr (q.v.) read בְּגֹב for בְּנֹב; site of Gob (si vera l.) unknown.