1359. Gob

Lexicon

Gob: Gob

Original Word: גֹּב
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Gob
Pronunciation: gohv
Phonetic Spelling: (gobe)
Definition: Gob
Meaning: Gob

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Gob

Or (fully) Gowb {gobe'}; from guwb; pit; Gob, a place in Palestine -- Gob.

see HEBREW guwb

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as gab
Definition
a place in Pal.
NASB Translation
Gob (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

גבא (compare Arabic , restrain or withhold oneself; perhaps = collect (water in a cistern, also tribute), so Lane 1. near the end, Fl NHWB^{i. 431}; see also Late Hebrew גבי, גָּבָה, Aramaic גְּבָא, collect debts, taxes, etc.)

גֹּב 2 Samuel 21:18, גּוֺב 2 Samuel 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 2 Samuel 21:18 = גֶּזֶר in "" 1 Chronicles 20:4 (so here Th Ew; compare Joshua 10:33), but = גַּת ᵐ5 ᵑ6 2 Samuel 21:18 (ᵐ5^L Γαζεθ); 2 Samuel 21:19 (omit "" 1 Chronicles 20:5), ᵐ5 Ρομ, Ροβ; Klo Gath; in 1 Chronicles 20:16 We Dr (q. v.) read בְּגֹב for בְּנֹב; site of Gob (si vera lectio) unknown.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: The origin of the word גֹּב is uncertain, but it is used as a proper noun in the Hebrew Bible.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for the Hebrew proper noun גֹּב (Gob) as it is a specific place name unique to the Hebrew Bible.

Usage: Gob is referenced in the context of two significant battles between the Israelites and the Philistines during the reign of King David. It is mentioned in the books of 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles.

Context: Gob is a location noted in the biblical narrative as the site of two battles between the Israelites and the Philistines. The first mention of Gob is found in 2 Samuel 21:18, where it is recorded: "Some time later, there was another battle with the Philistines at Gob. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha." The second mention occurs in 2 Samuel 21:19: "Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam."

The parallel account in 1 Chronicles 20:4-5 refers to the same events but uses the name "Gezer" instead of "Gob," which has led to some debate among scholars regarding the precise location and whether these accounts refer to the same place or different locations. The discrepancy may be due to textual variations or scribal transmission errors over time.

Gob's exact geographical location remains unidentified in modern times, and it is not mentioned elsewhere in the biblical text outside these battle accounts. The narrative context suggests that Gob was situated in the region where the Philistines and Israelites frequently clashed, likely in the Shephelah or the coastal plain of ancient Israel.

Forms and Transliterations

בְּג֖וֹב בגוב bə·ḡō·wḇ beGov bəḡōwḇ

Englishman's Concordance

2 Samuel 21:18
HEB: ע֧וֹד הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה בְּג֖וֹב עִם־ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים
NAS: with the Philistines at Gob; then
KJV: with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai
INT: again war Gob with the Philistines

2 Samuel 21:19
HEB: ע֧וֹד הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה בְּג֖וֹב עִם־ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים
NAS: again at Gob, and Elhanan
KJV: And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines,
INT: again war Gob with the Philistines

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1359
2 Occurrences

bə·ḡō·wḇ — 2 Occ.