Strongs H1642

← H1642 ⌂ →

גְּרָר (Gᵉrâr) n-pr-loc (gher-awr')
Source: probably from H1641; a rolling country;
Meaning: Gerar, a Philistine city
KJV: Gerar.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

c.df.ag

† גְּרָר n.pr.loc. south of Gaza, usually identif. with mod. Umm Jerâr

Appears in a total of 10 verses:

GEN 26:6

OET-LV: 6 And_ Yiʦḩāq _he/it _sat _down//remained//lived in_Gərār. (GEN 26:6)

OET-RV: 6 So Yitshak settled there in Gerar. (GEN 26:6)

CH2 14:13

OET-LV: 13  And_they _attacked DOM all _of the_cities around Gərār if/because it _was the _dread _of YHWH on_them and_they _plundered DOM all _of the_cities if/because plunder much it _was in_them. (CH2 14:13)

OET-RV: 14 They struck all the cities around Gerar, because the Kushim there were terrified of Yahweh. The men from Yehudah plundered all those cities, because they contained a lot of valuable goods. (CH2 14:14)

GEN 26:17

OET-LV: 17 And_he/it _went from_there Yiʦḩāq and_he _encamped in_the _wadi _of Gərār and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived there. (GEN 26:17)

OET-RV: 17 So Yitshak left that place and set up camp in the Gerar Valley and settled there. (GEN 26:17)

CH2 14:12

OET-LV: 12  And_he_pursued _them ʼĀşāʼ and_the_people which with_him/it to to_Gərār and_it _fell of_the_Kūshiys to_there_was_not to/for_them preservation _of _life if/because they _had _been _broken to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH and_before _of army _of_his and_they _carried _off booty much very. (CH2 14:12)

OET-RV: 13 Asa and his army chased them southwest as far as Gerar. So many Kushim were killed that the rest couldn’t save themselves, because they’d been destroyed in front of Yahweh and his army, and the men of Yehudah carried away a large amount of plunder. (CH2 14:13)

GEN 26:26

OET-LV: 26 And_ʼAⱱīmelek he _came to_him/it from_Gərār and_Ahuzzah friend _of_his _close and_Pikol the _commander _of his _army _of_his. (GEN 26:26)

OET-RV: 26 Then King Avimelek came to Yitshak (Isaac) from Gerar along with his friend Ahuzat and Pikol the commander of his army (GEN 26:26)

GEN 20:1

OET-LV: 20 And_he _set _out from_there ʼAⱱrāhām towards_land of_the _Negeⱱ and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived between Qādēsh and_between Shūr and_he _sojourned in_Gərār. (GEN 20:1)

OET-RV: 20 Then Avraham travelled from there to the Negev region and he settled between Kadesh and Shur, staying in Gerar for a while. (GEN 20:1)

GEN 26:1

OET-LV: 26 And_he/it _was a _famine on _the_earth (from)_besides _of the_famine (the)_former which it _was in_the _days _of ʼAⱱrāhām and_ Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) _he/it _went to ʼAⱱīmelek the _king _of the_Pəlishtiy to_Gərār. (GEN 26:1)

OET-RV: 26 Then there was a famine in the region (a different one from the earlier famine that was in the days of Avraham) so Yitshak (Isaac) moved to Gerar, the region of Avimelek, the Pelishtim king. (GEN 26:1)

GEN 26:20

OET-LV: 20 And_ the _herdsmen _of Gərār _they _disputed with the _herdsmen _of Yiʦḩāq to_say to/for_us the_waters and_he/it _called the _name _of the _well Esek if/because they _quarrelled with_him/it. (GEN 26:20)

OET-RV: 20 But the herdsmen from Gerar quarrelled with Yitshak’s herdsmen, saying, “The water belongs to us.” So he named the well ‘Esek’ (which means ‘dispute’), because they disputed with him. (GEN 26:20)

GEN 10:19

OET-LV: 19 And_ the _border _of the_Kənaˊₐnī _he/it _was from_Tsidon your(ms)_going towards_Gərāra to ˊAzzāh your(ms)_going towards_Sedom and_Amorah and_ʼAdmāh and_Tseboyim to Lasha. (GEN 10:19)

OET-RV: 19 and their border went from Tsidon toward Gerar as far as Azah (Gaza), and then toward Sedom, Amorah (Gomorrah), Admah, and Tsevoim, as far as Lesha. (GEN 10:19)

GEN 20:2

OET-LV: 2 And_ ʼAⱱrāhām _he/it _said concerning Sārāh his/its_wife/woman sister _of_is_my she and_ ʼAⱱīmelek the _king _of Gərār _he _sent and_he/it _took DOM Sārāh. (GEN 20:2)

OET-RV: 2 Avraham had told people his wife Sarah was his sister, so Avimelek the king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her. (GEN 20:2)

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