Bible Dictionary

Gur

A whelp, a place near Ibleam where Jehu’s servants overtook and mortally wounded king Ahaziah (2 Kings 9:27); an ascent from the plain of Jezreel.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

A whelp, a place near Ibleam where Jehu’s servants overtook and mortally wounded king Ahaziah (2 Kings 9:27); an ascent from the plain of Jezreel.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(abode), 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.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

GUR (whelp, or abode), an ascent from the plain of Jezreel. 2 Kgs 9:27. Drake suggests Keft Kud, near Jenin, as its site.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

the young of a beast; a whelp