Geshur - Wikipedia Geshur (Biblical Hebrew: גְּשׁוּר, romanized: Gəšūr) [1] was a territory in the ancient Levant mentioned in the early books of the Hebrew Bible and possibly in several other ancient sources, located in the region of the modern-day Golan Heights [2]
Who were the Geshurites? | GotQuestions. org The Geshurites resided in the area known as Geshur, which is now called the Golan Heights It was situated east of the Upper Jordan in Syria Archaeological evidence suggests that the Geshurites may have worshiped a bull-shaped moon god and were also influenced by Egyptian and even Israelite cultures
Bible Map: Geshur GESHUR ge'-shur (geshur, "bridge"): An Aramean kingdom (2 Samuel 15:8) of no great size which lay probably to the South of Maacah, and formed with it the western boundary of the land of Bashan (Deuteronomy 3:14 Joshua 12:5; Joshua 13:11) The territory of these two probably corresponded roughly with modern Jaulan
Biblical Geshur: Revealing the Royal Hometown of Davids Fourth Wife The people of Geshur were an elusive people, who may have been a subgroup of the Arameans who occupied the area to the northeast, including Damascus The Bible indicates that the Geshurites lived in this area from the time of Joshua through the reigns of King David and Solomon (Deuteronomy 3:14)
Encyclopedia of The Bible – Geshur, Geshurite (s) GESHUR, GESHURITE(S) gĕsh’ er, gĕsh’ ə rīts (גְּשֽׁוּר, גְּשׁוּרִ֖י, meaning uncertain, possibly bridge) A country E of the Jordan and a people near Sinai 1 A country E of the upper Jordan in Syria
Topical Bible: Geshurites, Girzites, and Amalekites The Geshurites were a people group mentioned in the Old Testament, primarily associated with the region of Geshur, located in the northeastern part of ancient Israel, near the Sea of Galilee The Geshurites are first mentioned in the context of the land that the Israelites were to conquer
GESHUR, GESHURITES - JewishEncyclopedia. com Geshur was a territory in the northern part of Bashan, adjoining the province of Argob (Deut iii 14) and the kingdom of Aram or Syria (II Sam xv 8; I Chron ii 23) It was allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh, which settled east of the Jordan; but its inhabitants, the Geshurites, could never be expelled (Josh xiii 13)
Geshur Meaning - Bible Definition and References Geshur bridge, the name of a district or principality of Syria near Gilead, between Mount Hermon and the Lake of Tiberias ( 2 Samuel 15:8; 1 Chronicles 2:23) The Geshurites probably inhabited the rocky fastness of Argob, the modern Lejah, in the north-east corner of Bashan
Where is biblical Geshur today? 1 modern identification - OpenBible. info Geshur@Jos 13 13: UBS Names Database: ot ID_769: Wikidata: Q2669839: Sources Aharoni, Land of the Bible (1979) Atlas of the Biblical World (2019) Barnes, Historical Atlas of the Bible (2010) Carta Bible Atlas, 5th Edition (2011) Discovery House Bible Atlas (2015) ESV Bible Atlas (2010)
Geshur - Biblical Cyclopedia Ge'shur (Heb Geshur', גִּשׁוּר ; Sept Γεσούρ and Γεσουρί ), the name of a district of Syria near Gilead (2Sa 15:8; 1Ch 2:23), which adjoined, on the east side of the Jordan, the northern border of the Hebrew territory, and lay between Mount Hermon, Maachabh, and Bashan (De 3:13-14; Jos 12:5)