גְּשׁוּרGᵉshûwr
proper name, masculine: land of bridges
Pronunciation: ghesh-oor' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1650
Meanings
1. of people, = הַגְּשׁוּרִי (Joshua 13:13; 1 Chronicles 2:23)
2. of land (2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:37; 2 Samuel 13:38)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 13:13 But the Israelites failed to drive out the people of Geshur and Maacah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.
- 2 Samuel 3:3 The second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel. The third was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur.
- 2 Samuel 13:37 And David mourned many days for his son Amnon. Absalom fled to his grandfather, Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur.
- 2 Samuel 13:38 He stayed there in Geshur for three years.
- 2 Samuel 14:23 Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 14:32 And Absalom replied, “Because I wanted you to ask the king why he brought me back from Geshur if he didn’t intend to see me. I might as well have stayed there. Let me see the king; if he finds me guilty of anything, then let him kill me.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).