Lexicon :: Strong's H5804 - ʿazzâ

עַזָּה

Transliteration

ʿazzâ

Pronunciation

az-zaw'

Part of Speech

proper locative feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From עַז (H5794)

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

עַזָּה ʻAzzâh, az-zaw'; feminine of H5794; strong; Azzah, a place in Palestine:—Azzah, Gaza.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H5804 in the following manner: Gaza (18x), Azzah (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H5804 in the following manner: Gaza (18x), Azzah (3x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

Azzah = "the strong"
1. another name for 'Gaza', a city of the Philistines located in the extreme southwest of Palestine close to the Mediterranean

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

עַזָּה ʻAzzâh, az-zaw'; feminine of H5794; strong; Azzah, a place in Palestine:—Azzah, Gaza.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H5804: Abbreviations

† עַזָּה proper name, of a location Gaza, Γαζα (Assyrian Ḫazzutu, etc., COT^{i. 97} Dl^{Pa 290, Tel Amarna} Ḫazati, Azzati Wkl^{38 *}; Egyptian Gaḏatu WMM^{As. u. Eur. 87, 96, 159, 392}; Γαζα, so Josephus^{Ant. xiii. 5, 5}, etc.; Herod.^{ii, 159; iii. 5} Κάδυτις); — Philistine city (modern , Ghazze, Razze), approximately Latitude 31 degrees; 3 minutes North, Longitude 34 degrees 28 minutes East, approximately 50 miles west-southwest from Jerusalem, near the sea (Rob^{BR ii. 36 ff.} GASm^{Geogr. 181 ff.} Buhl^{Geogr. 190 f.}), Judges 16:1, 21 (both עַזָּ֑תָה), southernmost of the famous five cities, Genesis 10:19 (J), Judges 6:4; 1 Kings 5:4; 2 Kings 18:8, compare Deuteronomy 2:23; Joshua 10:41 (D); also Joshua 11:22 (D), Joshua 15:47 (P), Judges 1:18; 1 Samuel 6:17; Amos 1:6, 7; Zephaniah 2:4; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 47:1, 5; Zechariah 9:5 (twice in verse); — On commercial importance see DHM^{B und S 989} Gatt^{ZPV vii (1884), 1ff., 293 ff.; viii (1885), 69 ff., 179 ff}. — For עַזָּה 1 Chronicles 7:28 van d. H., read עַיָּה Baer Ginsb (which see), Be Oettli Kau Kit^Hpt.; see עַי.

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