GERAR

Meaning of GERAR in English

/gee"rahr/ , n.

an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

GERAR — (a lodging-place), a very ancient city south of Gaza. It occurs chiefly in Genesis, (Genesis 10:19; 20:1; 26:17) also incidentally …
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GERAR — same as Gera
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AHUZZATH — /euh huz"ath/ , n. a friend of Abimelech with whom he journeyed from Gerar to make a covenant with Isaac …
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ABIMELECH — /euh bim"euh lek'/ , n. 1. a king of Gerar, who made a peace agreement with Abraham. Gen. 20, 21. …
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MASSAWA — also spelled Mitsiwa, port city, Eritrea, in the Bay of Massawa on the Red Sea. It is connected to Asmara, …
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BEERSHEBA — Hebrew Be'er Sheva ', biblical town of southern Israel, now a city and the main centre of the Negev (ha-Negev) …
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SITNAH — (strife), the second of the two wells dug by Isaac in the valley of Gerar, the possession of which the …
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SHUR — (a wall), a place just without the eastern border of Egypt. Shur is first mentioned in the narrative of Haggar's …
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PHILISTIA — (Heb. Pelesheth) (land of sojourners). The word thus translated (in) (Psalms 60:8; 87:4; 108:9) is in the original identical with …
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PHICHOL — (strong), chief captain of the army of Abimelech, king of the Philistines of Gerar in the days of both Abraham, …
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ISAAC — (laughter), the son whom Sara bore to Abraham, in the hundredth year of his age, at Gerar. (B.C. 1897.) In …
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ESEK — (contention), a well which the herdsmen of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerar. (Genesis 26:20)
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ASA — (physician, or cure). â Son of Abijah and third king of Judah. (B.C. 956-916.) (His long reign of 41 years …
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ABRAHAM — (father of a multitude) was the son of Terah, and founder of the great Hebrew nation. (B.C. 1996-1822.) His family, …
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ABIMELECH — (father of the king), the name of several Philistine kings, was probably a common title of these kings, like that …
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