Bible Names, Places, Numbers, Symbols, and Types
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If a name or place has more than one meaning attached to it, or has more than one individual or place attached to it, each variant will be list as follows (2) (3), etc.
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Garment | Type of Justification |
Gaza | Strong; A city on the southern coastal plain of Israel. A Canaanite and Philistine town; Conquered by Joshua (Joshua 10:41); Destroyed and rebuilt several times; the original inhabitants were the Avvites (Deut. 2:23; Josh. 13:3); it was a Canaanite city until the beginning of the 12th century B.C.E. when it became a Philistine city. (2) A city in Ephraim. |
Gebal | Lebanon |
Gerar | Dragging, Sojourning; A city in Canaan; (Genesis 10:19); When Abraham dwells there, Abimelech is king of Gerar (Genesis 20:12).When famine strikes, Abraham's son Isaac flees to Abimelech, king of Gerar (Genesis 26:1) |
Gihon | Gusher from to burst forth; One of the four rivers of paradise; (2) A fountain on the W of Jerusalem where Solomon was anointed King (1 Kings 1:33-45); Hezekiah covered it and channeled it underground into the city (2 Chronicles 32:30) |
Girdle | Type of Representative of service |
Girgashites | Dwellers in the Clayey soil, Take and Stroke; Descendants of Canaan and Ham; West of the Jordan; |
Glass | Type of Purity, transparency, calmness |
God | Type of Highest authority (including counterfeits) |
Gog | Type of Rebellious civil power at the end of the Gospel Age |
Gomer | Completion; a son of Japheth from which the Celts descended; Mentioned twice in the Bible (Gen.10:12, 1 Chronicles 1:5) and in (Ezekiel 38:6). (2) daughter of Diblaim and wife of Hosea. Her eldest son was called Jezreel, the younger, Lo-ammi. She had a daughter called Lo-ruhamah. (Hosea 1:4-9) |
Gomorrah | Tyrannical Dealings, Throes, People Of Fear, People Who Shoot Arrows; City mentioned during the War of Four Against Five Kings (Genesis 14:2). Destroyed along with Sodom for their wickedness. (Genesis 19) |
Gospel | Type of Totality of the Word, includes judgment |
Goyim | Nations; All non-Jewish nations were called goyim.(Genesis 14:1) Gentile. |
Grapes | Type of Evil fruitage |
Great Multitude (Great Crowd) | Type of those who make a consecration but fail to make their calling and election sure, fail to be part of 144,000 joint rulers with Christ, the Heavenly Reward |
Green | Type of being alive in Spirit, justified |