the young of a beast; a whelp
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
GUR.An ascent by Ibleam and Beth-haggan (2Ki_9:27). Possibly these two are the modern Yebla and Beit Jenn. But see Ibleam.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Gur. (abode). Gur, The going up to. An ascent or rising ground, at which Ahaziah received his death-blow, while flying from Jehu, after the slaughter of Joram. 2Ki_9:27.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Gur
SEE WHELP.
Gur-ba'al (Hob. id. גּוּראּבִּעִל, sojourn of Baal; Sept. πέτρα, Vulg. Gurbaal), a place in Arabia, successfully attacked by Uzziah (B.C. 803) (2Ch_26:7); hence on the confines of Judaea; probably so called from having a temple of Baal. From the rendering of the Sept., Calmet infers that it was in Arabia Petraea. Arabian geographers mention a place called Baal on the Syrian road, north of E1-Medineh (Marasid, s.v.). The Targum reads "Arabs living in Gerar" suggesting גּרר instead of גּוּר. SEE GERAR. The ingenious conjectures of Bochart (Phaleg, ii, 22) respecting the Mehunim, who are mentioned together with the "Arabians that dwelt in Gur-Baal," may be considered as corroborating this identification (compare 1Ch_4:39 sq.; see Ewald, Isr. Gesch. i, 322). SEE MEHUNIM.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.