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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Gazathite
A man of Gaza. Judges uses it for the men who waited at the gate to kill Samson, and he carried the gate off.
First, in plain English
A man of Gaza. Judges uses it for the men who waited at the gate to kill Samson, and he carried the gate off.
Who this is
Gazathite designates an inhabitant of Gaza, one of the five Philistine lordships along the coastal plain. Judges uses the term for the men of Gaza who waited at the city gate to kill Samson, only for him to tear the gate from its posts and carry it off.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H5841
Where it appears
- Joshua 13:3
- Judges 16:2
