1642. Gerar

Lexicon

Gerar: Gerar

Original Word: גְּרָר
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Grar
Pronunciation: guh-RAHR
Phonetic Spelling: (gher-awr')
KJV: Gerar
NASB: Gerar
Word Origin: [probably from H1641 (גָּרַר - drag them away)]

1. a rolling country
2. Gerar, a Philistine city

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Gerar

Probably from garar; a rolling country; Gerar, a Philistine city -- Gerar.

see HEBREW garar

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from garar
Definition
a place S. of Gaza
NASB Translation
Gerar (10).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

גְּרָר proper name, of a location south of Gaza, usually identified with modern Umm Jerâr Bd^{Pal 159} Guérin^{Judée ii. 257 ff.}; but Wady Jer¥r west of ±Ain †ad£s according to Trumbull^{Kadesh Barnea 61 ff.} compare Guthe^{ZPV viii 1885, 215}; Genesis 20:2; Genesis 26:6,20,26; 2Chron 14:12; 2 Chronicles 14:13; גְּרָ֫רָה Genesis 10:19, 26:1; נַ֫חַל גְּרָר Genesis 26:17; וַיָּגָר בִּגְרָר Genesis 20:1.

גרשׂ (Arabic bray, pound, grind, coarse, Aramaic גְּרַס (rare) crush, , crushed, crush, destroy; compare following).

Forms and Transliterations

בִּגְרָֽר׃ בגרר׃ גְּרָ֔ר גְּרָ֖ר גְּרָֽרָה׃ גְרָ֖רָה גְרָ֗ר גרר גררה גררה׃ לִגְרָר֒ לגרר מִגְּרָ֑ר מגרר biḡ·rār bigRar biḡrār gə·rā·rāh ḡə·rā·rāh gə·rār ḡə·rār geRar gərār ḡərār geRarah gərārāh ḡərārāh liḡ·rār ligRar liḡrār mig·gə·rār miggeRar miggərār

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 10:19
HEB: מִצִּידֹ֔ן בֹּאֲכָ֥ה גְרָ֖רָה עַד־ עַזָּ֑ה
NAS: as you go toward Gerar, as far
KJV: as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza;
INT: Sidon go Gerar far Gaza

Genesis 20:1
HEB: שׁ֑וּר וַיָּ֖גָר בִּגְרָֽר׃
NAS: and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar.
KJV: and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
INT: and Shur sojourned Gerar

Genesis 20:2
HEB: אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ גְּרָ֔ר וַיִּקַּ֖ח אֶת־
NAS: king of Gerar sent
KJV: king of Gerar sent,
INT: Abimelech king of Gerar and took Sarah

Genesis 26:1
HEB: מֶֽלֶךְ־ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים גְּרָֽרָה׃
NAS: went to Gerar, to Abimelech
KJV: king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
INT: king of the Philistines to Gerar

Genesis 26:6
HEB: וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב יִצְחָ֖ק בִּגְרָֽר׃
NAS: So Isaac lived in Gerar.
KJV: And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
INT: lived Isaac Gerar

Genesis 26:17
HEB: וַיִּ֥חַן בְּנַֽחַל־ גְּרָ֖ר וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב שָֽׁם׃
NAS: in the valley of Gerar, and settled
KJV: in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt
INT: and camped the valley of Gerar and settled there

Genesis 26:20
HEB: וַיָּרִ֜יבוּ רֹעֵ֣י גְרָ֗ר עִם־ רֹעֵ֥י
NAS: the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled
KJV: And the herdmen of Gerar did strive
INT: quarreled shipherd of Gerar with shipherd

Genesis 26:26
HEB: הָלַ֥ךְ אֵלָ֖יו מִגְּרָ֑ר וַאֲחֻזַּת֙ מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּ
NAS: came to him from Gerar with his adviser
KJV: went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath
INT: came to him Gerar Ahuzzath his adviser

2 Chronicles 14:13
HEB: עִמּוֹ֮ עַד־ לִגְרָר֒ וַיִּפֹּ֤ל מִכּוּשִׁים֙
NAS: them as far as Gerar; and so many Ethiopians
KJV: that [were] with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians
INT: as far Gerar fell Ethiopians

2 Chronicles 14:14
HEB: הֶֽעָרִים֙ סְבִיב֣וֹת גְּרָ֔ר כִּי־ הָיָ֥ה
NAS: around Gerar, for the dread
KJV: round about Gerar; for the fear
INT: the cities around Gerar for had fallen

10 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1642
10 Occurrences

biḡ·rār — 2 Occ.
gə·rār — 4 Occ.
ḡə·rā·rāh — 2 Occ.
liḡ·rār — 1 Occ.
mig·gə·rār — 1 Occ.