Bible Dictionary

Gerzites

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(dwellers in the desert), The, a tribe who with the Geshurites and the Amalekites occupied the land between the south of Palestine and Egypt in the time of Saul. (1 Samuel 27:8) In the name of Mount Gerizim we have the only remaining trace of the presence of this old tribe of Bedouins in central Palestine.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

gur'-zits (1Sa 27:8 King James Version margin).

See GIRZITES.