Gaash
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GAASH (PLACE) [Heb ga˓aš (גַּעַשׁ)]. Mountain in the hill country of Ephraim, somewhat S of Timnath–serah (Josh 24:30; otherwise known as Timnath-heres, Judg 2:9). The exact location of the mountain is uncertain but, given its approximate relationship to Timnath-serah, is probably some 20 miles (30 km) SW of Shechem. One of David’s 30 bodyguards (Hiddai, 2 Sam 23:30; var. Hurai, 1 Chr 11:32) is said to have come from the “brooks” of the mountain, a region of ravines which would become watercourses in the rainy season. LXXB of Josh 24:30 reads “Gilead” in place of “Gaash,” though this variant is clearly in error since Gilead is a district to the E of the Jordan while Ephraim is to the W.
Elmer H. Dyck
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (2:861). New York: Doubleday.
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Gaash — a shaking, a hill, on the north side of which Joshua was buried (Josh. 24:30; Judg. 2:9), in the territory of Ephraim. (See TIMNATH-SERAH .)
Easton, M. (1996, c1897). Easton's Bible dictionary. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
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GAAL Ebed’s son, who persuaded the men of Shechem to revolt against Abimelech, the judge of Israel. The revolt, however, was quickly crushed and Shechem was destroyed (Jgs 9:26–41).
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (505). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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GA´ASH (gāʹash; “quaking”). A mountain in the district of Mt. Ephraim. On the N side of the hill was Timnath-serah, the city given to Joshua (Josh. 24:30). Here Joshua was buried. The “brooks” or valleys of Gaash are mentioned in 2 Sam. 23:30 and 1 Chron. 11:32.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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Gaash (Heb. gā˓aš)
A mountain S of Timnath-serah (Timnath-heres), ca. 32 km. (20 mi.) SW of Shechem. Joshua was buried in the vicinity (Josh. 24:30; Judg. 2:9), and Hiddai (or Hurai), one of David’s Thirty, was from the “torrents (or ‘wadis’) of Gaash” (Heb. naḥălê gā˓aš; 2 Sam. 23:30; 1 Chr. 11:32).
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (474). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
