International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Gimzo

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Gimzo


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gim´zō (גּמזו, gimzō; Γαμζῶ, Gamzō̇): A town of Judah on the border of the Philistine plain, captured by the Philistines in the days of Ahaz (). It is the modern Jimzu, a small mud village about 3 1/2 miles Southeast of Ludd (Lydda), on the old mule road from there to Jerusalem (Robinson, BR, II, 248-49;. SWP, Il, 297).