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- γ275ΓίσχαλαGischala… Israel): Barrington Atlas map 69 grid B3. Mentioned frequently by Josephus.Matched in noteshighshort
- γ486ΓυμνοπαιδείαGymnopaideia… festival where the young men perform choruses for Apollo). [6] Josephus, Jewish War 6.369 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
- γ1ΓαβαώGabao, Gabaon, Gibeon… the Septuagint (e.g. Joshua 9:9) and other Greek sources (e.g Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 7.11 (283)) it is *gabaw/n, Gabaon; the lexicographers' Gabao is either a variant (or corruption) of that, or else its (attested) …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ98ΓεδεώνGideon… present entry, after the opening phrase, is an approximation of Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 5.210 & 215-217 (web address 1 below). Josephus' account itself summarizes Judges 7.1-8 LXX. Ending the story where he does, the …Matched in noteshighmedium
- γ14ΓαλααδίτιςGalaaditis, Galaad, Gilead… 39 grid C4). Mentioned in the Septuagint (e.g. Genesis 31.20), Josephus (Jewish Antiquities 13.382), and numerous other sources. Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (90).Matched in noteshighshort
- γ268Γίγλυμοιball-joints, hinge-joints… It is a medical term with non-anatomical applications: see e.g. Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 3.121 & 130, and generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
- γ274ΓιώραςGioras… a proper name -- Simon, son of Gioras -- in Josephus' Jewish War; and Theodoret in his Commentary on Isaiah claims it to be Greek for Jacob.Matched in noteshighshort
- γ11Γάϊος ΚαῖσαρGaius Caesar… rhetoric is commented on by Suetonius (Life of Gaius 53), Josephus (Jewish Antiquities 19.208) and Tacitus (Annales 13.3.5). Confusion with a different Gaius is not to be excluded; perhaps [DW] even gamma 10 (q.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
- γ415Γωρυτόςquiver… 21.54, where the headword noun occurs (web address 1). [2] Josephus, Jewish War 3.96, describing the equipment of the Roman cavalry. Since there is no mention of their being armed as archers, the term …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ367ΓολιάθηςGoliathes, Goliath… the little finger at full extension; see sigma 942. [2] Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 6.171 (text at web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort