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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GITTITES

git'-its (gittim, plural of gittiy): The inhabitants of Gath. They are mentioned along with the inhabitants of the other chief Philistine cities in Joshua 13:3. It would seem that numbers of them emigrated to Judah, for we find 600 of them acting as a bodyguard to David with Ittai at their head (2 Samuel 15:18; 2 Samuel 18:2). Obed-edom, to whom David entrusted the ark when he was frustrated in bringing it into the city of David, was a Gittite (2 Samuel 6:11 1 Chronicles 13:13). The Gittites seem to have been remarkable for their great stature (2 Samuel 21:19 1 Chronicles 20:5).

Strong's Hebrew

1663. Gitti -- an inhabitant of Gath
... Definition: Gittite. Word Origin from Gath Definition an inhab. of Gath
NASB Word Usage Gittite (9), Gittites (1). Gittite. Patrial ...
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Library

A Loyal Vow
... generally receive the most of them. But these rude Philistines and Gittites,
Goliath's fellow-townsmen, may preach to us Christians a lesson. ...
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Letter cviii. To Eustochium.
... Then skirting the country of the Horites and Gittites, Mareshah, Edom, and Lachish,
and traversing the lonely wastes of the desert where the tracks of the ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Gittites

men of Gath, ie., of a wine-press

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Gittites

(belonging to Gath), the 600 men who followed David from Gath, under Ittai the Gittite, (2 Samuel 15:18,19) and who probably acted as a kind of body-guard. Obed-edom "the Gittite" may have been so named from the town of Gittaim in Benjamin, (2 Samuel 4:3; Nehemiah 11:33) or from Gath-rimmon.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Gittites

See GATH.

Thesaurus

Gittites (2 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia GITTITES. ... The Gittites seem to have been remarkable
for their great stature (2 Samuel 21:19 1 Chronicles 20:5). ...
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Gittite (10 Occurrences)
... 10). Six hundred Gittites came with David from Gath into Israel (15:18,
19). Multi-Version Concordance Gittite (10 Occurrences). ...
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Pelethites (7 Occurrences)
... They are mentioned along with the Gittites (2 Samuel 15:18), another body of foreign
troops whom David gathered round him. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Philistines (224 Occurrences)
... letter kaph (k) is never represented by "sh" in Egyptian David's band of Hebrew
exiles, 400 in number, followed him to Gath where 200 Gittites joined him (2 ...
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Kerethites (9 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 15:18 All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and
all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him ...
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Gazite (1 Occurrence)
... of Ekron northward, which is counted as Canaanite; the five lords of the Philistines;
the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the ...
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Gittite's (1 Occurrence)

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Gazathites (2 Occurrences)
... Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines;
the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the ...
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Gazites (2 Occurrences)
... of Ekron northward, which is counted as Canaanite; the five lords of the Philistines;
the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the ...
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Gazathite (1 Occurrence)
... Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines;
the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the ...
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Bible Concordance

Gittites (2 Occurrences)

Joshua 13:3 from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, which is counted as Canaanite; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,
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2 Samuel 15:18 All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
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Subtopics

Gittites

Related Terms

Gittite (10 Occurrences)

Pelethites (7 Occurrences)

Philistines (224 Occurrences)

Kerethites (9 Occurrences)

Gazite (1 Occurrence)

Gittite's (1 Occurrence)

Gazathites (2 Occurrences)

Gazites (2 Occurrences)

Gazathite (1 Occurrence)