Gimzo
Gimzo
(Heb. Gimzo’, , a place fertile in sycamores; Sept. v.r. ), a city is the plain of the kingdom of Judah, mentioned in connection with Timnah, and taken, with its dependent villages (Heb. daughters), by the Philistines in the time of Ahaz (2Ch 28:18); now Jimzu, a common and rather large village, on an eminence, on the south side of the road, about an hour south-east of Ludd (Lydda or Ramleb); with many threshing-floors and ancient cisterns used as magazines for grain (Robinson’s Researches, 3:56). It is mentioned in the Talmud (Schwarz, Palest. page 136).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Gimzo
a place fertile in sycamores, a city in the plain of Judah, the villages of which were seized by the Philistines (2 Chr. 28:18). It is now called Jimzu, about 3 miles south-east of Ludd, i.e., Lydda.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Gimzo
Taken with its dependent villages by the Philistines under Ahaz (2Ch 28:18). N.W. of Judah, or in Dan; now Jimzu, a large village on a height surrounded by trees, S. of the road between Jerusalem and Jaffa, where the highlands sink down into the maritime plain.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Gimzo
GIMZO.A town on the border of Philistia (2Ch 28:18). It is the modern Jimz near Aijalon.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Gimzo
gimzo (, gimzo; , Gamzo): A town of Judah on the border of the Philistine plain, captured by the Philistines in the days of Ahaz (2Ch 28:18). It is the modern Jimzu, a small mud village about 3 1/2 miles Southeast of Ludd (Lydda), on the old mule road from there to Jerusalem (Robinson, BR, II, 248-49;. SWP, Il, 297).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Gimzo
[Gim’zo]
City captured by the Philistines in the time of Ahaz. 2Ch 28:18. Identified with Jimzu , 31 56′ N, 34 56′ E.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Gimzo
H1579
A city of Judah.
2Ch 28:18
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Gimzo
Gim’zo. (fertile in Sycamores). A town which, with its dependent villages, was taken possession of by the Philistines, in the reign of Ahaz. 2Ch 28:18. The name (Jimzu), still remains attached to a large village between two and three miles southwest of Lydda, south of the road between Jerusalem and Jaffa.