גִּזְרִי
𐤂𐤆𐤓𐤉
Gizeri
H1511 noun
SILEX Entry
Definition
Demonym or gentilic meaning 'native of Gezer' or 'person from Gezer', referring specifically to individuals or groups identified as originating from the town of Gezer, a notable city in the southern Levantine plain during the biblical period. In rare cases, a textual variant in certain manuscripts gives rise to confusion with similar-sounding terms for other groups or localities.
Semantic Range
person from Gezer, Gezerite inhabitant, native or population of Gezer; demonym for individual or group connected to the city of Gezer
Root / Etymology
A patrial (gentilic) adjective derived from גֶּזֶר (Gezer), which itself is from the root גּזר, meaning 'to cut, divide.' The form גִּזְרִי is constructed with the gentilic suffix -ִי (i), giving the sense 'of/from Gezer.' The confusion in some manuscripts between גִּזְרִי and גְּרִזִי (from Gerizim) is due to similar consonantal shapes in Hebrew script, but גִּזְרִי properly derives from Gezer.
Historical & Contextual Notes
The term גִּזְרִי appears as a gentilic for the inhabitants of Gezer, an important Canaanite and later Israelite city on the southwestern border of the Israelite territories. Its occurrence in biblical lists can indicate either individuals from Gezer or, more generally, Gezerite lineage or association. Some textual traditions and translations have confused this term with names for people from Mount Gerizim (גְּרִזִים), resulting in variant renderings (e.g., 'Gezrites,' 'Gerizites'). In English Bible translations, 'Gezerite' or 'Gezrite' is sometimes used, but such renderings can obscure the geographic and historical specificity of Gezer in Iron Age Canaan. The word does not denote an ethnic or tribal group distinct from the general population of Gezer but rather describes geographic origin. In the context of later biblical and post-biblical history, the significance of such gentilics diminished as place-based identity shifted with political and demographic changes.
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
(in the m patrial from גֶּזֶר; a Gezerite (collectively) or inhabitants of Gezer; but better (as in the text) bytransposition גִּזְרִיxlit Girzîy corrected to Gizrîy; patrial of גְּרִזִים; a Grizite (collectively) or member of a native tribe in Palestine; Gezrites.
Bantu Hebrew
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גזר (g-z-r) — to cut, divide, separate
| Strong's | Lemma | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
| H1504 | גָּזַר | he cut off |
| H1505 | גְּזַר | decreeing ones |
| H1506 | גֶּזֶר | the cut-off pieces |
| H1507 | גֶּזֶר | in Gezer |
| H1508 | גִּזְרָה | their separated portion |
Word Forms
2 distinct forms
| SIDANCE | Surface | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | SIBI-P2 | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H1511-01 |
וְ/הַ/גִּזְרִ֖י | vehagizeri | HC/Td/Ngmsa |
and the Girzites | and the Gezerite | and the Gizeri | 1 |
H1511-02 |
ו/ה/גרזי | vhgrzy | HC/Td/Ngmsa |
and the Girzites | Gezerite man | and the Gizeri | 1 |
Occurrences in Scripture
2 occurrences
| SIDANCE | Reference | Word | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | SIBI-P2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H1511-02 |
1 Samuel 27:8 | ו/ה/גרזי | vhgrzy | HC/Td/Ngmsa |
and the Girzites | Gezerite man | and the Gizeri |
H1511-01 |
1 Samuel 27:8 | וְ/הַ/גִּזְרִ֖י | vehagizeri | HC/Td/Ngmsa |
and the Girzites | and the Gezerite | and the Gizeri |