Smith’s dictionary

The classic Victorian Bible dictionary: 4,600 short entries, especially strong on names and places.

• Gaal(contempt), son of Ebed, aided the Shechemites in their rebellion against Abimelech....
• Gaash(earthquake), a hill of Ephraim, where Joshua was buried. The brooks or valley of...
• GabaThe same name as GEBA, which see.
• Gabatha(Esther 12:1) [BIGTHAN, OR BIGTHANA]
• Gabbai(tax gatherer), apparently the head of an important family of Benjamin resident at...
• Gabbatha(elevated; a platform) the Hebrew or Chaldee appellation of a place, also called...
• Gabriel(man of God), an angel sent by God to announce to Zacharias the birth of John the...
• Gad(a troop). Jacob’s seventh son, the first-born of Zilpah, Leah’s maid, and...
• Gad, the Tribe ofThe country allotted to the tribe of Gad appears, speaking roughly, to have lain...
• Gadaraa strong city situated near the river Hieromax, six miles southeast of the Sea of...
• Gadarenes, Girgesenes, Gerasenes(These three names are used indiscriminately to designate the place where Jesus healed...
• Gaddi(fortunate), son of Susi; the Manassite spy sent by Moses to explore Canaan. (Numbers...
• Gaddiel(fortune of God) a Zebulunite, one of the twelve spies. (Numbers 13:10) (B.C. 1490.)
• GadiA Gadite, father of Menahem a king of Israel. (2 Kings 15:14,17)
• Gadites, thethe descendants of Gad, and members of his tribe.
• Gaham(sunburnt), son of Nahor Abraham’s brother, by his concubine Reumah. (Genesis 22:24)...
• Gahar(hiding-place) The Bene-Gahar were among the families of Nethinim who returned from...
• Gaiusor Cai’us (lord)-- A Macedonian who accompanied Paul in his travels, and whose life...
• Galaadthe Greek form of the word Gilead.
• Galal(influential) A Levite, one of the sons of Asaph. (1 Chronicles 9:15) (B.C. 536.)...
• Galatia(land of the Galli, Gauls). The Roman province of Galatia may be roughly described as...
• Galatians, the Epistle to thewas written by the apostle St. Paul not long after his journey through Galatia and...
• Galbanumone of the perfumes employed in the preparation of the sacred incense. (Exodus 10:34)...
• Galeed(the heap of witness), the name given by Jacob to the heap which he and Laban made on...
• Galeed(the heap of witness), the name given by Jacob to the heap which he and Laban made on...
• Galileansthe inhabitants of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine. The apostles were all...
• Galilee(circuit). This name, which in the Roman age was applied to a large province, seems to...
• Galilee, Sea ofSo called from the province of Galilee, which bordered on the western side. (Matthew...
• GallMereerah , denoting "that which is bitter;" hence the term is applied to the "bile" or...
• Galleryan architectural term describing the porticos or verandas which are not uncommon in...
• Galley[SHIP]
• Gallim(fountains). This is given as the native place of the man to whom Michal, David’s...
• Gallio(one who lives on milk), Junius Annaeus Gallio, the Roman proconsul of Achaia when St....
• Gallows[PUNISHMENTS]
• Gamaliel(recompense of God). Son of Pedahzur; prince or captain of the tribe of Manasseh at...
• GamesAmong the Greeks the rage for theatrical exhibitions was such that every city of any...
• GammadimThis word occurs only in (Ezekiel 27:11) A variety of explanations of the term have...
• Gamul(weaned), a priest, the leader of the twenty-second course in the service at the...
• GardenGardens in the East, as the Hebrew word indicates, are enclosures on the outskirts of...
• Gareb(scabby), one of the heroes of David’s army. (2 Samuel 23:38)
• Gareb, the Hillin the neighborhood of Jerusalem, named only in (Jeremiah 31:39)
• Garlic(Numbers 11:5) is the Allium sativum of Linnaeus, which abounds in Egypt.
• Garment[DRESS]
• Garmite, theKeilah the Garmite, i.e. the descendant of Gerem, is mentioned in the obscure...
• GarrisonThe Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version are derivatives from the root...
• Gashmua variation of the name GESHEM. (Nehemiah 6:6) (B.C. 446.)
• Gatam(a burnt valley), the fourth son of Eliphaz the son of Esau, (Genesis 36:11; 1...
• GateThe gate and gateways of eastern cities anciently held and still hold an important...
• Gath(a wine press), one of the five royal cities of the Philistines; (Joshua 13:3; 1...
• Gathhepher, or Gittahhepher(wine-press on the hill), a town on the border of the territory of Zebulun, not far...
• Gathrimmon(press of the pomegranate) A city given out of the tribe of Dan to the Levites....
• Gaza(the fortified; the strong) (properly Azzah), one of the five chief cities of the...
• Gazathites, the(Joshua 13:3) the inhabitants of Gaza.
• Gazer(2 Samuel 5:25; 1 Chronicles 14:16) [GEZER]
• Gazez(shearer), a name which occurs twice in (1 Chronicles 2:46) --first as son of Caleb by...
• Gazites, theInhabitants of Gaza. (Judges 16:2)
• Gazzam(devouring). The Bene-Gazzam were among the familiar of the Nethinim who returned from...
• Geba(a hill), a city of Benjamin, with "suburbs," allotted to the priests. (Joshua 21:17;...
• Gebal(mountain), a maritime town of Phoenicia, near Tyre, (Ezekiel 27:9) known by the...
• Geber(manly). The son of Geber resided in the fortress of Ramoth-gilead, and had charge of...
• Gebim(grasshoppers), a village north of Jerusalem, (Isaiah 10:31) apparently between...
• Gedaliah(God is my greatness), son of Ahikam (Jeremiah’s protector, (Jeremiah 26:24) and...
• GedeonThe Greek form of the Hebrew name GIDEON. (Hebrews 11:32)
• Geder(a wall). The king of Geder was one of the thirty-one kings who were overcome by...
• Gederah(a sheepfold), a town of Judah in the lowland country, (Joshua 15:36) apparently in...
• Gederathite, thethe native of a place called Gederah, apparently in Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 12:4)
• Gederite, thethe native of some place named Geder or Gederah. (1 Chronicles 27:28)
• Gederoth(sheepfolds), a town in the low country of Judah. (Joshua 15:41; 2 Chronicles 28:18)
• Gederothaim(two sheepfolds), a town in the low country of Judah, (Joshua 15:36) named next in...
• Gedor(a wall), a town int he mountainous part of Judah, (Joshua 15:58) a few miles north of...
• Gehazi(valley of vision), the servant or boy of Elisha. He was sent as the prophet’s...
• Gehenna[HINNOM]
• Geliloth(circuit), a place named among the marks of the south boundary line of the tribe of...
• Gemalli(camel-driver), the father of Ammiel, the Danite spy. (Numbers 13:12) (B.C. 1490.)
• Gemariah(perfected by Jehovah). Son of Shaphan the scribe, and father of Michaiah. He was one...
• Gems[STONES, PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS]
• GenealogyIn Hebrew the term for genealogy or pedigree is "the book of the generations;" and...
• Genealogy of Jesus ChristThe New Testament gives us the genealogy of but one person, that of our Saviour. This...
• GenerationIn the long-lived patriarchal age a generation seems to have been computed at 100...
• Genesis(origin), the first book of the law or Pentateuch, so called from its title ia the...
• Gennesaret(garden of the prince), Land of. It is generally believed that this term was applied...
• Gennesaret, Sea of[See GALILEE, SEA OF, SEA OF]
• GennesarethInaccurately written for [GENNESARET]
• Gentiles(nations). All the people who were not Jews were so called by them, being aliens from...
• Genubaththe son of Hadad, an Edomite of the royal family, by an Egyptian princess, the sister...
• Gera(a grain), one of the "sons," i.e. descendants, of Benjamin. (Genesis 46:21) Gera, who...
• Gerah[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]
• Gerar(a lodging-place), a very ancient city south of Gaza. It occurs chiefly in Genesis,...
• Gerasenes(Luke 8:26) Revised Version; [See GADARENES, GIRGESENES, GERASENES]
• Gergesenes[See GADARENES, GIRGESENES, GERASENES]
• Gerizim(cutters), a limestone mountain, 2855 feet high (800 feet above the valley at its...
• Gerizites(1 Samuel 27:8) [GERZITES]
• Gershom(a stranger or exile). The first-born son of Moses and Zipporah. (Exodus 2:22; 18:3)...
• Gershon(exile). The eldest of the three sons of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob’s...
• Gershonites, thethe family descended from Gershon or Gershom, the son of Levi. "THE GERSH0NITE," as...
• Gerzites(dwellers in the desert), The, a tribe who with the Geshurites and the Amalekites...
• Gesham(filthy) (sometimes written GESHAN), one of the sons of Judah, in the genealogy of...
• Geshemand Gash’mu (rain), an Arabian, mentioned in (Nehemiah 2:19) and Nehe 6:1,2,6 (B.C....
• Geshur(a bridge), a little principality of Syria, northeast of Bashan. (3:14; 2 Samuel 15:8)...
• Geshuri and GeshuritesThe inhabitants of Geshur. (3:14; Joshua 12:5; 13:11) An ancient tribe which dwelt in...
• Gether(fear), the third in order of the sons of Aram. (Genesis 10:23) No satisfactory trace...
• Gethsemane(an oil-press), a small "farm," (Matthew 26:36; Mark 14:32) situated across the brook...
• Geuel(majesty of God), son of Machi the Gadite spy. (Numbers 13:15) (B.C 1490.)
• Gezer(a precipice), an ancient city of Canaan, whose king, Hiram or Elam, coming to the...
• Gezrites theThe word which the Jewish critics have substituted in the margin of the Bible for the...
• Giah(a waterfall), a place named only in (2 Samuel 2:24) to designate the position of the...
• Giantsmen of extraordinary size or height. They are first spoken of in (Genesis 6:4) under...
• Gibbar(gigantic), the father of some who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon. (Ezra 2:20)
• Gibbethon(a hill), a town allotted to the tribe of Dan, (Joshua 19:44) and afterwards given...
• Gibea(a hill). Sheva "the father of Macbenah" and "father of Gibea" is mentioned with other...
• Gibeaha word employed in the Bible to denote a hill. Like most words of this kind it gave...
• Gibeathprobably the same as, GIBEAH OF BENJAMIN, THE LAND OF. (Joshua 18:28)
• Gibeon(hill city), one of the four , cities of the Hivites, the inhabitants of which made a...
• Gibeonites, thethe people of Gibeon, and perhaps also of the three cities associated with Gibeon,...
• Giblites, the[GEBAL]
• Giddalti(I have trained up), one of the sons of Heman, the king’s seer. (1 Chronicles 25:4)
• Giddel(very great). Children of Giddel were among the Nethinim who returned from the...
• Gideon(he that cuts down), youngest son of Joash of the Abiezrites, an undistinguished...
• Gideoni(a cutting down), a Benjamite, father of Abidan. (Numbers 1:11; 7:60,65; 10:24)
• Gidom(desolation), a place named only in (Judges 20:45) It would appear to have been...
• Giereaglean unclean bird mentioned in (Leviticus 11:18) and Deuteronomy 14:17 Identical in...
• GiftThe giving and receiving of presents has in all ages been not only a more frequent but...
• Gihon(a stream). The second river of Paradise. (Genesis 2:13) [EDEN] A place near...
• Gilalai(weighty), one of the priests’ sons at the consecration of the wall of Jerusalem....
• Gilboa(a bubbling spring) a mountain range on the eastern side of the plain of Esdraelon,...
• Gilead(rocky region). A mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north...
• Gileadites, the(Numbers 26:29; Judges 10:3; 12:4,5), a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended from Gilead.
• Gilgal(a wheel; rolling). The site of the first camp of the Israelites on the west of the...
• Giloh(exile), a town in the mountainous part of Judah, named in the first group with Debir...
• Gilonite, thenative of Giloh. (2 Samuel 15:12; 23:34)
• Gimzo(fertile in sycamores), a town which with its dependent villages was taken possession...
• Gina trap for birds or beasts; it consisted of a net, (Isaiah 8:14) and a stick to act as...
• Ginath(protection), father of Tibni. (1 Kings 16:21,22)
• Ginnetho(gardner), one of the chief of the priests and Levites who returned to Judea with...
• Ginnethon(gardener), a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:6) (B.C. 410.)
• Girdlean essential article of dress in the East, and worn by both men and women. The common...
• Girgashites(dwelling on a clayey soil), The, one of the nations who were in possession of Canaan...
• Girgasite, the(Genesis 10:16) or NEXT ENTRY ...
• Gispa(caress), one of the overseers of the Nethinim, in "the Ophel," after the return from...
• Gittahhepher(Joshua 19:13) [GATH-HEPHER]
• Gittaim[GITTITES]
• Gittites(belonging to Gath), the 600 men who followed David from Gath, under Ittai the...
• Gittitha musical instrument, by some supposed to have been used by the people of Gath, and by...
• Gizonites, the(inhabitant of Gizoh). "The sons of Hashem the Gizonite "are named amongst the...
• GlassThe Hebrew word occurs only in (Job 28:17) where in the Authorized Version it is...
• GleaningThe gleaning of fruit trees, as well as of corn-fields, was reserved for the poor. [CORNER]
• Gledethe old name for the common kite (Milvus ater), occurs only in (14:13) among the...
• Gnata species of mosquito mentioned only in the proverbial expression used by our Saviour...
• Goad(Judges 3:31; 1 Samuel 13:21) The Hebrew word in the latter passage probably means the...
• GoatThere appear to be two or three varieties of the common goat, Hircus agagrus , at...
• Goat, Scape[ATONEMENT, THE DAY OF, DAY OF]
• Goath(lowing), a place apparently in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, and named, in...
• Gob(cistern), a place mentioned only in (2 Samuel 21:18,19) as the scene of two...
• Gobleta circular vessel for wine or other liquid.
• God(good). Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures two chief names are used for the one true...
• Gog(mountain). A Reubenite, (1 Chronicles 5:4) son of Shemaiah.
• Golan(circle), a city of Bashan, (4:43) allotted out of the half tribe of Manasseh to the...
• GoldGold was known from the very earliest times. (Genesis 2:11) It was at first used...
• Golgotha(skull), the Hebrew name of the spot at which our Lord was crucified. (Matthew 27:33;...
• Goliath(splendor), a famous giant of Gath, who "morning and evening for forty days" defied...
• Gomer(perfect). The eldest son of Japheth, (Genesis 10:2,3) the progenitor of the early...
• Gomorrah(submersion), one of the five "cities of the plain" or "vale of Siddim" that under the...
• Gopher(pitch) wood. Only once mentioned -- (Genesis 6:14) Two principal conjectures have...
• GoshenThe name of a part of Egypt where the Israelites dwelt during the whole period of...
• GospelsThe name Gospel (from god and spell , Ang. Sax. good message or news , which is a...
• GourdKikayan only in (Jonah 4:6-10) The plant which is intended by this word, and which...
• GovernorIn the Authorized Version this one English word is the representative of no less than...
• Gozanseems in the Authorized Version of (1 Chronicles 5:26) to be the name of a river, but...
• Grape[VINE]
• Grasshopper[LOCUST]
• Grave[BURIAL, SEPULCHRES]
• Greavesa piece of defensive armor which reached from the foot to the knee and thus protected...
• GrecianThe term Grecian, or Hellenist, denotes a Jew by birth or religion who spoke Greek. It...
• Greece, Greeks, GreciansThe histories of Greece and Palestine are little connected with each other. In...
• Greyhoundthe translation in the text of the Authorized Version, (Proverbs 30:31) of the Hebrew...
• Grinding[MILL]
• GroveA word used in the Authorized Version, with two exceptions, to translate the...
• Gudgodah(10:7) [See HORHAGIDGAD]
• Guest[HOSPITALITY]
• Guni(painted). A son of Naphtali, (Genesis 46:24; 1 Chronicles 7:13) the founder of the...
• Gunites, thethe descendants of Guni, son of Naphtali. (Numbers 26:48)
• Gur(abode), The going up to, an ascent or rising ground, at which Ahaziah received his...
• Gurbaal(abode of Baal), a place or district in which dwelt Arabians, as recorded in (2...