Lexical Summary Azzah: a Philistine city Original Word: עַזָּהTransliteration: Azzah Phonetic Spelling: (az-zaw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a Philistine city Meaning: a Philistine city Strong's Concordance Azzah, Gaza Feminine of az; strong; Azzah, a place in Palestine -- Azzah, Gaza. see HEBREW az Brown-Driver-Briggs H5804. Azzah עַזָּה proper name, of a location Gaza, Γαζα (Assyrian –azzutu, etc., COTi. 97 DlPa 290, Tel Amarna –azati, Azzati Wkl38 *; Egyptian Ga¼atu WMMAs.u.Eur.87, 96, 159, 392; ᵐ5 Γαζα, so JosephusAnt.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 (RobBR ii. 36 ff. GASmGeogr. 181 ff. BuhlGeogr. 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 11:22 (D), 15:47 (P), Judges 1:18; 1 Samuel 6:17; Amos 1:6-7, Zephaniah 2:4; Jeremiah 25:20; 47:1, 5; Zechariah 9:5 (twice in verse); — On commercial importance see DHMB und S 989 GattZPV vii (1884), 1ff., 293 ff.; viii (1885), 69 ff., 179 ff. — For עַזָּה 1 Chronicles 7:28 van d. H., read עַיָּה Baer Ginsb (q. v.), Be Oettli Kau KitHpt.; see עַי. |
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