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•GUEST-CHAMBER the spare room on the upper floor of an Eastern dwelling (Mark 14:14; Luke 22:11). In Luke 2:7 the word is translated “inn” (q.v.).‌‌‌

•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.

•GUR-BAAL sojourn of Baal, a place in Arabia (2 Chronicles 26:7) where there was probably a temple of Baal.

•GUTTER Hebrews tsinnor, (2 Samuel 5:8). This Hebrew word occurs only elsewhere in Psalm 42:7 in the plural, where it is rendered “waterspouts.” It denotes some passage through which water passed; a water-course.

In Genesis 30:38, 41 the Hebrew word rendered “gutters” is rahat, and denotes vessels overflowing with water for cattle (Exodus 2:16); drinking-troughs.

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