Lexical Definition

‎גְּשׁוּרִי‎ Gᵉshûwrîy (ghe-shoo-ree') Geshurite ^N:N--LG
patrial from ‎גְּשׁוּר‎

Geshuri, Geshurites.

• § Geshuri or Geshurites = see Geshur
• a Geshurite (also collectively) or inhabitants of Geshur

1) inhabitants of Geshur
2) a tribe in south Palestine of or near the Philistines

Extended Information

group of: גְּשׁוּר

• Group of ge.shur (‎ג‎ְּ‎ש‎ׁ‎ו‎ּ‎ר‎ "Geshur" גְּשׁוּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גְּשׁוּרִי‎ adjective, of a people = substantive ‎׳‎‎הַגּ‎;

1. people dwelling in Geshûr (above) Deut 3:14; Josh 12:5; Josh 13:11; Josh 13:13.

2. a tribe of, or near, the Philistines Josh 13:2 read probably ‎הֵגִּוְרִי‎ We and Dr (on 1Sam 27:8), Mey^{ZAW i. 126 n} GFM^{Judg 1:29 n.}, also 1Sam 27:8, but deleted ᵐ5 (not ᵐ5^L) compare We Dr; read possibly ‎אשׁורי‎ Hom^{Aufsätze i. (1892), 9}; 2Sam 2:9 read ‎׳‎‎הגּ‎ for ‎האשׁורי‎.

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