גִּתִּיGittîy

of II.גַּת 1 (2 Samuel 6:10; 2 Samuel 6:11; 1 Chronicles 13:13; 2 Samuel 15:19; 2 Samuel 15:22)

Pronunciation: ghit-tee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1663

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 13:3 and the larger territory of the Canaanites, extending from the stream of Shihor on the border of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron. It includes the territory of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The land of the Avvites
  • 2 Samuel 6:10 So David decided not to move the Ark of the Lord into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.
  • 2 Samuel 6:11 The Ark of the Lord remained there in Obed-edom’s house for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and his entire household.
  • 2 Samuel 15:18 to let all the king’s men move past to lead the way. There were 600 men from Gath who had come with David, along with the king’s bodyguard.
  • 2 Samuel 15:19 Then the king turned and said to Ittai, a leader of the men from Gath, “Why are you coming with us? Go on back to King Absalom, for you are a guest in Israel, a foreigner in exile.
  • 2 Samuel 15:22 David replied, “All right, come with us.” So Ittai and all his men and their families went along.
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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).