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Gath

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/ ɡæθ /

noun

  1. Douay spelling: Geth. Old Testament one of the five cities of the Philistines, from which Goliath came (I Samuel 17:4) and near which Saul fell in battle (II Samuel 1:20)

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Mr Gath became the first patient in the East Midlands to be treated with a new drug, Produodopa, last week.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024

Damien Gath, 52, has experienced years of daily involuntary shaking and pain caused by the neurological condition, which he said made everyday tasks a struggle.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024

The prevalent hypothesis, based on the Old Testament, historical sources, and Carbon-14 dating attributes the destruction of the structure to the devastation of Gath by Hazael, King of Aram Damascus, around 830 BCE.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024

“We all had to be very honest with each other and humble, and say, ‘Man, I thought that was going to be amazing and it sucked,’” Gath says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2022

It was in that time, however, a large brick building, with an immense arched gateway in the centre, under which Goliath of Gath himself might have passed on horseback with a feather in his cap.

From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

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