STRONGS H5804:
Abbreviations
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עַזָּה proper name, of a location Gaza,
Γαζα (Assyrian
Ḫazzutu, etc., COT
i. 97 Dl
Pa 290, Tel Amarna Ḫazati, Azzati Wkl
38 *; Egyptian
Gaḏatu WMM
As. u. Eur. 87, 96, 159, 392;
Γαζα, so Josephus
Ant. xiii. 5, 5, etc.; Herod.
ii, 159; iii. 5 Κάδυτις); — Philistine city (modern
, Ghazze, Razze), approximately Latitude 31 degrees; 3 minutes North, Longitude 34 degrees 28 minutes East, approximately 50 miles west-southwest from Jerusalem, near the sea (Rob
BR ii. 36 ff. GASm
Geogr. 181 ff. Buhl
Geogr. 190 f.),
Judges 16:1, 21 (both
עַזָּ֑תָה), southernmost of the famous five cities,
Genesis 10:19 (J),
Judges 6:4;
1 Kings 5:4;
2 Kings 18:8, compare
Deuteronomy 2:23;
Joshua 10:41 (D); also
Joshua 11:22 (D),
Joshua 15:47 (P),
Judges 1:18;
1 Samuel 6:17;
Amos 1:6, 7;
Zephaniah 2:4;
Jeremiah 25:20;
Jeremiah 47:1, 5;
Zechariah 9:5 (twice in verse); — On commercial importance see DHM
B und S 989 Gatt
ZPV vii (1884), 1ff., 293 ff.; viii (1885), 69 ff., 179 ff. — For
עַזָּה 1 Chronicles 7:28 van d. H., read
עַיָּה Baer Ginsb (which see), Be Oettli Kau Kit
Hpt.; see
עַי.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
10:19
Deuteronomy
2:23
Joshua
10:41; 11:22; 15:47
Judges
1:18; 6:4; 16:1; 16:21
1 Samuel
6:17
1 Kings
5:4
2 Kings
18:8
1 Chronicles
7:28
Jeremiah
25:20; 47:1; 47:5
Amos
1:6; 1:7
Zephaniah
2:4
Zechariah
9:5
