Gazera

GAZERA

ga-ze'-ra (Gazera):

(1) A fortress of Judea (1 Maccabees 4:15; 7:45); in the Revised Version (British and American) always GAZARA (which see).

(2) Head of a family of temple-servants who returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:31) = "Gazzam" in Ezra 2:48 and Nehemiah 7:51.


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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GAZERA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.