Strong's Hebrew · H1642
גְּרָר
Gᵉrâr · gher-awr'
Gerar.
Definition
Gerar, a Philistine city
Derivation
probably from H1641 (גָּרַר); a rolling country;
Appears 10 times in Scripture
“and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.”
“But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.”
“So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.”
“Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.”
“Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.”
“So Isaac settled in Gerar.”
“Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder”
“Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.”
“and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.”
“Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).