King James Bible Dictionary

GAZE, verb intransitive [Gr. to be astonished, and Heb. to see or look, that is, to fix the eye or to reach with the eye.]

To fix the eyes and look steadily and earnestly; to look with eagerness or curiosity; as in admiration, astonishment, or in study.

A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind.

Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into

heaven? Acts 1:1.

GAZE, verb transitive To view with fixed attention.

And gazed awhile the ample sky.

[It is little used as a transitive verb.]

GAZE, noun A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder or admiration; a continued look of attention.

With secret gaze

Or open admiration, him behold--

1. The object gazed on; that which causes one to gaze

Made of my enemies the scorn and gaze

GA'ZEFUL, adjective Looking with a gaze; looking intently.

GA'ZEHOUND, noun A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent.

GAZ'EL, noun An animal of Africa and India, of the genus Antilope. It partakes of the nature of the goat and the deer. Like the goat, the gazel has hollow permanent horns, and it feeds on shrubs; but in size and delicacy, and in the nature and color of its hair, it resembles the roe-buck. It has cylindrical horns, most frequently annulated at the base, and bunches of hair on its fore legs. It has a most brilliant, beautiful eye.

GA'ZEMENT, noun View. [Not in use.]

a dividing; a sentence

Called also Gezer.
2 Samuel 5:25; 1 Chronicles 14:16

(2 Samuel 5:25; 1 Chronicles 14:16) [GEZER]

GA'ZER, noun One who gazes; one who looks steadily and intently, from delight, admiration or study.

GAZETTE, noun gazet'. A newspaper; a sheet or half sheet of paper containing an account of transactions and events of public or private concern, which are deemed important and interesting. The first gazette in England was published at Oxford in 1665. On the removal of the court to London, the title was changed to the London gazette It is now the official newspaper, and published on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

GAZETTE, verb transitive gazet'. To insert in a gazette; to announce or publish in a gazette

GAZETT'ED, participle passive Published in a gazette.

GAZETTEE'R, noun A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority.

1. The title of a newspaper.

2. A book containing a brief description of empires, kingdoms, cities, towns and rivers, in a country or in the whole world, alphabetically arranged; a book of topographical descriptions.

a passing over

1. A son of Caleb
1 Chronicles 2:46

2. A grandson of Caleb
1 Chronicles 2:46

(shearer), a name which occurs twice in (1 Chronicles 2:46)

first as son of Caleb by Ephah his concubine, and second as son of Haran, the son of the same woman. The second is possibly only a repetition of the first (B.C. after 1688.)