H1661 — גַּת (Gath)

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Strong's H1661 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: גַּת (Gath)

Pronunciation: gath

Morphology: n-pr-loc

Name Meaning: Gath = "winepress"

Derivation: the same as גַּת (gath) [H1660];

Definition: Gath, a Philistine city

KJV Renderings: Gath.

Senses

  1. one of the five royal or chief cities of the Philistines and the native city of Goliath

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
H1660 גַּת gath probably from נָגַן (nâgan) H5059 (in the sense of treading out grapes) a wine-press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing them) (wine-) press (fat)

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.