Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Kiana) #1

  • GUEST-CHAMBER the spare room on the upper floor of an Eastern
    dwelling (Mark 14:14; Luke 22:11). In Luke 2:7 the word is translated
    “inn” (q.v.).

  • GUR a whelp, a place near Ibleam where Jehu’s servants overtook and
    mortally wounded king Ahaziah (2 Kings 9:27); an ascent from the plain of
    Jezreel.

  • GUR-BAAL sojourn of Baal, a place in Arabia (2 Chronicles 26:7) where
    there was probably a temple of Baal.

  • GUTTER Hebrews tsinnor, (2 Samuel 5:8). This Hebrew word occurs
    only elsewhere in Psalm 42:7 in the plural, where it is rendered
    “waterspouts.” It denotes some passage through which water passed; a
    water-course.


In Genesis 30:38, 41 the Hebrew word rendered “gutters” is rahat, and
denotes vessels overflowing with water for cattle (Exodus 2:16);
drinking-troughs.

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