Bible Names

Gazer: meaning of the name

Gazer means “a dividing; a sentence.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Gazer in Hebrew and Greek

גֶּזֶר H1507

Gezer (gheh'-zer) — Gezer, a place in Palestine

the same as H1506 (גֶּזֶר);

Gazer in Scripture

“Gazer” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 2 Samuel 5:25

    And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

  • 1 Chronicles 14:16

    David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.