Gaza
ga'-za (`azzah, "strong"; Septuagint Gaza; Arabic Ghazzeh):
One of the five chief towns of Philistia and probably the
oldest, situated near the coast in lat. 31 degrees 30' and
about 40 miles South of Jaffa. It is on a hill rising 60 to
200 ft. above the plain, with sand dunes between it and the
sea, which is about 2 1/2 miles distant. The pla...
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1. Also called AZZAH
A city of the Philistines
Jos 13:3; Jer 25:20
One of the border cities of the Canaanites
Ge 10:19
A city of the Avim and Anakim
De 2:23; Jos 11:22
Allotted to Judah
Jos 15:47; Jud 1:18
A temple of Dagon, situated at
Jud 16:23
Samson dies at
Jud 16:21-31
On the western boundary of the kingdom of Israel in the
time
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(the fortified; the strong) (properly Azzah), one of the five chief cities of the
Philistines. It is remarkable for its continuous existence and importance from
the very earliest times. The secret of this unbroken history is to be found in
the situation of Gaza. It is the last town in the southwest of Israel, on the
frontier towards Egypt. The ...
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called also Azzah, which is its Hebrew name (Deut. 2:23; 1
Kings
4:24; Jer. 25:20), strong, a city on the
Mediterranean shore,
remarkable for its early importance as the chief
centre of a
great commercial traffic with Egypt. It is one of
the oldest
cities of the world (Gen. 10:19; Josh. 15:47). Its
earliest
inhabitants were the Avims, who...
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("fortified".) One of the five Philistine cities, Mentioned
in the first and latest books of Scripture, and even now
exceeding Jerusalem in size. It is the most southwesterly
town toward Egypt, and lay on the great route between Syria
and that country, being in position and strength (as its
name means) the key of the line of communication. It ...
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Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with
the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof....
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And their possessions and habitations [were], Bethel and the
towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with
the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto
Gaza and the towns thereof:...
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Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns
and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea,
and the border [thereof]:...
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