Lexical Definition

‎גֹּב‎ Gôb (gobe) Gob ^N:N--L
or (fully) גּוֹב Gôwb (gobe'); from ‎גּוּב‎; pit

Gob.

• § Gob = "cistern"
• Gob, a place in Palestine

1) a place which was the scene of two encounters between David's warriors and the Philistines (also '"Gezer')

Extended Information

name of: גֶּזֶר

• Gob = "cistern"
• Another name of ge.zer (‎ג‎ֶּ֫‎ז‎ֶ‎ר‎ "Gezer" גֶּזֶר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גֹּב‎, ‎גּוֺב‎ proper name, of a location see below ‎גבב‎.

‎גֹּב‎ 2Sam 21:18, ‎גּוֺב‎ v2Sam 21:19 proper name, of a location (compare Aramaic ‎גֻּבָּא‎ den, and , Arabic , Ethiopic Assyrian gubbu, well, cistern, see ‎גבב‎) — field of battle with Philistines 2Sam 21:18 = ‎גֶּזֶר‎ in || 1Chr 20:4 (so here Th Ew; compare Josh 10:33), but = ‎גַּת‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ6 2Sam 21:18 (ᵐ5^L Γαζεθ); 2Sam 21:19 (omit || 1Chr 20:5), ᵐ5 Ρομ, Ροβ; Klo Gath; in v1Chr 20:16 We Dr (q. v.) read ‎בְּגֹב‎ for ‎בְּנֹב‎; site of Gob (si vera lectio) unknown.

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