Bible Dictionary
Gimzo
Gimzo was a town on the plain of Judah whose surrounding villages were captured by the Philistines during the reign of Ahaz.
Definition
Gimzo was a town on the plain of Judah near the border of the Philistine plain. Its dependent villages were captured by the Philistines during the reign of Ahaz.
Biblical Usage
Gimzo is mentioned in the account of the Philistine invasion during Ahaz’s reign.
Historical Background
The town is identified with modern Jimzu, southeast of Lydda, on the old road between Lydda and Jerusalem. Its name was associated with fertile sycamores.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A place fertile in sycamores, a city in the plain of Judah, the villages of which were seized by the Philistines (2 Chr. 28:18). It is now called Jimzu, about 3 miles south-east of Ludd, i.e., Lydda.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(fertile in sycamores), a town which with its dependent villages was taken possession of by the Philistines in the reign of Ahaz. (2 Chronicles 28:18) The name (Jimzu) still remains attached to a large village between two and three miles southwest of Lydda, south of the road between Jerusalem and Jaffa.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>gim'-zo (gimzo; Gamzo): A town of Judah on the border of the Philistine plain, captured by the Philistines in the days of Ahaz (2Ch 28:18). 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).</p>