Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia GAZERA ga-ze'-ra (Gazera): (1) A fortress of Judea (APC 1Macc 4:15; 7:45); in the Revised Version (British and American) always GAZARA (which see). (2) Head of a family of temple-servants who returned with Zerubbabel (APC 1Esdras 5:31) = "Gazzam" in Ezra 2:48 and Nehemiah 7:51.