H1507 H1507
Gezer — a fortified Canaanite city on the Ephraim-Judah border, later an Israelite Levitical city
Gezer was a strategically vital Canaanite city perched on the boundary between the coastal Shephelah and the hill country of Ephraim. Its king fell to Joshua at Lachish (Josh 10:33), yet Israel could not fully drive out its Canaanite inhabitants for centuries (Josh 16:10; Judg 1:29). Pharaoh eventually conquered and burned the city, handing it as a dowry to Solomon's Egyptian wife (1 Kgs 9:16–17). Assigned as a Levitical city (Josh 21:21), Gezer witnessed both David's victories over the Philistines (2 Sam 5:25; 1 Chr 14:16) and Solomon's ambitious building campaigns.
Senses
1. Gezer (place name) — The fortified city-state of Gezer (Tell Jezer), situated on the road between Joppa and Jerusalem, controlling a key pass from the coastal plain into the highlands. Its 15 occurrences cover Joshua's conquest narratives, the Levitical city lists, David's Philistine battles, and Solomon's royal building projects. Cross-lingual glosses consistently render the toponym (eng 'Gezer/Gazer', spa 'Gezer/Guezer', deu 'Gazer/Gezer'), with only minor transliteration variation. 15×
AR["بِ-جازَرَ","جازَرَ","جازِر","جَازَرَ","جَزَرَ","في-جَزَرَ","فِي-جَزَرَ"]·ben["ও-পর্যন্ত","গসর","গসরে","গেজেরের","গেষর","গেষরে","গেষরের","গেসর","গেসরে","গেসরের"]·DE["Abschnitt","Gazer","Gezer","[בגזר]","[גזר]","in-Gazer","in-Gezer"]·EN["Gazer","Gezer","in-Gazer","in-Gezer"]·FR["Gazer","Gezer","Guézer","[בגזר]","[גזר]","[גזרה]","dans-Gazer","dans-Guézer"]·heb["ב-גזר","גֶּזֶר","גָּזֶר","גזר","גזרה-ה"]·HI["गजेर-में","गेज़ेर","गेजेर","गेजेर-का","गेजेर-को","गेजेर-में","गेजेर-में।"]·ID["Gezer","di-Gezer"]·IT["Gazer","Gezer","[בגזר]","[גזר]","[גזרה]","in-Gazer","in-Gezer"]·jav["Gezèr","Gèzèr","ing-Gèzèr","ing-Gézer"]·KO["게세라","게세르의","게셀","게셀과","게셀까지","게셀를","게셀에","게셀을","게셀의","게제르","에-게셀","에-게셀에"]·PT["Gazer","Gazerah","Gezer","em-Gezer"]·RU["Гезер","Гезера","в-Гезер","в-Гезере"]·ES["Gezer","Guezer","Guezér","Guézer","en-Gezer"]·SW["Gezeri","katika-Gezeri"]·TR["Gezer","Gezer'de","Gezer'i","Gezer'in","Gezerde","Gezere","de-Gezer"]·urd["جزر","جزر-میں","جزر-کا","جزر-کے","جزر۔"]
Josh 10:33, Josh 12:12, Josh 16:3, Josh 16:10, Josh 21:21, Judg 1:29, Judg 1:29, 2 Sam 5:25, 1 Kgs 9:15, 1 Kgs 9:16, 1 Kgs 9:17, 1 Chr 6:67 (+3 more)
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
† II. גֶּ֫זֶר n.pr.loc. (portion) Levitical city on border of Ephraim Jos 10:33; 12:12; 21:21; 1 K 9:16; 1 Ch 6:52; 7:28; 20:4; גָּ֑זֶר Jos 16:3, 10; Ju 1:29(×2) cf. 2 S 5:25; 1 K 9:15, 17; c. ה—ָ loc. גָּ֑זְרָה 1 Ch 14:16;—cuneiform Gazri, BezTell el-Amarna Tabl. BM. 148; mod. Tell-Jezer, c. 18 m. N. of W. from Jerus., S. of the Jaffa road; Gann in PEF 1873, 78 f.; 1875, 74 f. cf. BdPal. 17.