Strong’s
H1642Proper name, a place10 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Genesis 10:19גְרָרָה
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
- 2 Chronicles 14:13לִגְרָר
Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
Brown-Driver-Briggs
גְּרָר n.pr.loc. south of Gaza, usually identif. with mod. Umm Jerâr
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.