H1650 H1650
Geshur: an Aramean kingdom east of the upper Jordan, homeland of Absalom's mother Maacah (2 Sam 3:3).
Geshur was a small Aramean kingdom situated east of the Sea of Galilee, in the region later known as the Golan. Its most memorable role in Scripture is as the homeland of Maacah daughter of Talmai, one of David's wives and the mother of Absalom (2 Sam 3:3). When Absalom fled after murdering his half-brother Amnon, he took refuge in Geshur for three years under his grandfather's protection (2 Sam 13:37-38). Joshua notes that Israel never drove out the Geshurites, who continued dwelling among the Israelites (Josh 13:13).
Senses
1. Geshur (place name) — The proper name of an Aramean territory and its people, located east of the upper Jordan between Gilead and Mount Hermon. Translations consistently render it 'Geshur' across English, Spanish (Gesur/Guesur), French, and German, with prepositional prefixes reflecting movement to or residence in the land. The name possibly means 'bridge' or 'land of bridges,' fitting its position as a transit zone between Israel and Aram. Prominent in the Absalom narratives (2 Sam 3:3; 13:37-38; 14:23, 32; 15:8) and in Joshua's account of unconquered peoples (Josh 13:13). 9×
AR["إلى جَشورَ", "جَشور", "جَشورَ", "جَشورُ", "جَشُورَ", "في جَشورَ", "مِن جَشورَ"]·ben["-গশূরে", "গশূর", "গশূর-", "গশূর-থেকে", "গশূরে", "গশূরের"]·DE["Geshur", "[גשור]", "in-Geshur", "von-Geshur", "zu-Geshur"]·EN["Geshur", "from-Geshur", "in-Geshur", "to-Geshur", "toward-Geshur"]·FR["Geshur", "[גשור]", "dans-Geshur", "de-Geshur", "vers-Geshur", "à-Geshur"]·heb["ב-גשור", "גשור", "גשורה", "מ-גשור"]·HI["गशूर", "गशूर-का", "गशूर-के", "गशूर-में", "गशूर-से"]·ID["Gesur", "Gesyur", "Gesyur-", "dari-Gesur", "di-Gesur"]·IT["Geshur", "[גשור]", "a-Geshur", "da-Geshur", "in-Geshur", "verso-Geshur"]·jav["Gesur", "Gesyur", "Gèsur", "Gésur", "Gésur-", "ing-Gesur", "saking-Gesur"]·KO["게수르에", "게수르의", "그수르", "그술로", "그술에", "그술에서", "그술의", "그술이"]·PT["Geshur", "de-Geshur", "em-Geshur"]·RU["Гешур", "Гешура", "в-Гешур", "в-Гешуре", "из-Гешура"]·ES["Geshur", "Gesur", "Guesur", "de-Guesur", "en-Guesur"]·SW["Geshuri", "Geshuri-", "kutoka-Geshuri"]·TR["Geşur", "Geşur'a", "Geşur'da", "Geşur'dan", "Geşur'un", "Geşur-"]·urd["جسور-کے۔", "جشور", "جشور-", "جشور-سے", "جشور-میں"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גְּשׁוּר n.pr.m. (bridge? or land of bridges? cf. Wetzst Haurgran, 82). 1. of people, = הַגְּשׁוּרִי Jos 13:13 cf. 1 Ch 2:23. 2. of land מֶלֶךְ גְּשׁוּר 2 S 3:3; 13:37 cf. v 38 (but text in disorder cf. 𝔊 We Dr) 14:32; 15:8 בִּגְּ׳ בַּאֲרָם 1 Ch 3:2, גְּשׁוּרָה 2 S 14:23; a territory E. of the upper Jordan, exact limits unknown; according to Guthe ZPV xii. 1889, 232 f. between Gilead and…