noun · feminine
gazas
GreekΓάζα (gaza)
Strong’sG1048
Gaza
stem gaz-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Γάζα -ης, ἡ (Heb. עַזָּה),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1048 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidgad'-zah
Gazah (i.e. Azzah), a place in Palestine
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesGaza.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | gazas | gazais |
| object accusative | gazan1×Γάζαν | gazain |
| direct address vocative | gazar | gazair |
| of, belonging to genitive | gazau | gazaiu |
| to, for dative | gaza | gazai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
gaza is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
gazan“Gaza”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 8:26“Gaza”Angelos de kuriou lalata pros Filippon legarōtos; Anistanasar kai poreuesōr kata mesēmbrian epi tan hodan tan katabainarōtan apo Ierousalēm eis Gazan; houtas atō erēmas.Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”