Definition

Gath-Chepher, a place in Palestine

Etymology

or (abridged) גִּתָּה־חֵפֶר; from H1660 (גַּת) and H2658 (חָפַר) with the article inserted; wine-press of (the) well;

Where the KJV renders it

• Gath-kephr
• Gittah-kephr

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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