גַּת
gat · Gath
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1661 · appears 33 times in the Bible
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gat (גַּת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Gath”.
One of the five cities of the Philistines. The name means "winepress."
How to say it
gat
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
The place
Gath ?
Today: possibly Tell es-Safi (Tel Zafit), Israel
A Philistine city at the edge of the coastal plain; its exact site is not certain.
Goliath was from Gath (1 Sam 17:4). David fled from Saul to Gath and pretended to be insane (1 Sam 21:10-13).
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Where it appears
- Joshua 11:22
No Anakim were left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain.
- 1 Samuel 5:8
So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the Elohim of Israel?” And they said, “Let the ark of the Elohim of Israel be moved around to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the Elohim of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 6:17
And these are the gold tumors that the Philistines restored as a guilt offering to YHWH: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
- 1 Samuel 7:14
And the cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel returned to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorite.
- 1 Samuel 17:4
The champion came out from the camps of the Philistines; Goliath was his name, of Gath; his height was six cubits and a span.
- 1 Samuel 17:23
As he was speaking with them, look, the champion was coming up —Goliath the Philistine was his name, of Gath— from the battle lines of the Philistines, and he spoke according to these words; and David heard.
- 1 Samuel 17:52
The men of Israel and of Judah rose and shouted and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley and as far as the gates of Ekron. And the dead of the Philistines fell on the road of Shaaraim, as far as Gath and as far as Ekron.
- 1 Samuel 21:10
David arose and fled on that day from Saul, and came to Achish king of Gath.
- 1 Samuel 21:12
David laid these words in his heart and was very afraid of Achish king of Gath.
- 1 Samuel 27:2
David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.
- 1 Samuel 27:3
David stayed with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal’s wife, of Carmel.
- 1 Samuel 27:4
It was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, and he did not seek him any more.
- 1 Samuel 27:11
David would leave alive neither man nor woman to bring to Gath, saying, “Lest they tell about us, saying, ‘So David did.’” And such was his custom all the days that he stayed in the country of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 1:20
Do not report it in Gath, do not carry the news to the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
- 2 Samuel 15:18
All his servants were passing beside him, and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had come after him from Gath, were passing before the king.
- 2 Samuel 21:20
There was again war at Gath, and there was a man of great stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet were six and six, twenty-four in number; and he too had been born to Rapha.
- 2 Samuel 21:22
These four were born to Rapha in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
- 1 Kings 2:39
And it happened at the end of three years that two slaves of Shimei fled to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
- 1 Kings 2:40
And Shimei rose and saddled his donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his slaves. And Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.
- 1 Kings 2:41
And it was told to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned.
- 2 Kings 12:17
Then Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it; and Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 7:21
Zabad, his son; Shuthelah, his son; and Ezer and Elead. And the men of Gath who were born in the land killed them, because they came down to take their livestock.
- 1 Chronicles 8:13
and Beriah and Shema; they were the heads of the fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon; they put to flight the inhabitants of Gath.
- 1 Chronicles 18:1
And it happened after this that David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and he took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Chronicles 20:6
There was war again at Gath, and there was a man of great stature, and his fingers were six and six, twenty-four; and he too had been born to Rapha.
- 1 Chronicles 20:8
These were born to Rapha in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
- 2 Chronicles 11:8
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
- 2 Chronicles 26:6
He went out and fought against the Philistines, and made a breach in the wall of Gath and in the wall of Jabneh and in the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in Ashdod and among the Philistines.
- Psalms 56:1
For the director. On The Silent Dove of the Distant Ones. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Show me favor, Elohim, for a mortal tramples me; all the day fighting, he oppresses me.
- Amos 6:2
Cross over to Calneh and see, and go from there to Hamath the great, and go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory?
- Micah 1:10
In Gath do not report it; do not weep at all. In Beth-leaphrah roll yourself in the dust.
And 2 more times.