Γάζα

See also: γάζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʿazzā), which at the time (ca. 3rd century BCE) was pronounced something like /ɣɑˈzːɑː/ or /ʁɑˈzːɑː/.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡáz.da/ → /ˈɣa.za/ → /ˈɣa.za/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡáz.da/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.za/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.za/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.za/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.za/

Proper noun

Γᾰ́ζᾰ • (Gáza) f (genitive Γᾰ́ζης); first declension

1. Gaza (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, in the Levant)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Γᾰ́ζᾰ; τῆς Γᾰ́ζης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Γᾰ́ζᾰ hē Gáza
Genitive	τῆς Γᾰ́ζης tês Gázēs
Dative	τῇ Γᾰ́ζῃ têi Gázēi
Accusative	τὴν Γᾰ́ζᾰν tḕn Gázan
Vocative	Γᾰ́ζᾰ Gáza
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Γάζα (Gáza)
• → Arabic: غَزَّة (ḡazza) (possibly)
• → Classical Syriac: ܓܵܙܵܐ (possibly)
• → English: Gaza
• → Latin: Gaza
• → Coptic: Ⲅⲁⲍⲁ (Gaza)

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Γάζα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1048 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[2], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN