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Geshur; Geshurite

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Besides above, a people of Arabia and Philistia

(Josh. 13:11¹¹And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; (Joshua 13:11); 1 Sam. 27:8⁸And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. (1 Samuel 27:8)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Inhabitants of Geshur (Deut. 3:14¹⁴Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. (Deuteronomy 3:14); Josh. 12:5⁵And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. (Joshua 12:5); Josh. 13:11,13¹¹And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; (Joshua 13:11)
¹³Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. (Joshua 13:13)).

2. A tribe in the southern desert (Josh. 13:2²This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, (Joshua 13:2); 1 Sam. 27:8⁸And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. (1 Samuel 27:8)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1650 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Gshuwr

Phonic:

ghesh-oor’

Meaning:

from an unused root (meaning to join); bridge; Geshur, a district of Syria

KJV Usage:

Geshur, Geshurite

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Banishment; to join; a bridge:― a province of Syria, 2 Sam. 3:3. {Expulsio}