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Lexicon :: Strong's H1387 - geḇaʿ

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גֶּבַע
Transliteration
geḇaʿ
Pronunciation
gheh'-bah
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as גָּבִיעַ (H1375)
Strong’s Definitions

גֶּבַע Gebaʻ, gheh'-bah; from the same as H1375, a hillock; Geba, a place in Palestine:—Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H1387 in the following manner: Geba (13x), Gibeah (4x), Gaba (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H1387 in the following manner: Geba (13x), Gibeah (4x), Gaba (2x).

  1. Gaba or Geba or Gibeah = "hill"

    1. a city in Benjamin, modern 'Jeba', which stands on the top of a steep terraced hill, six miles or ten kilometres north east of Jerusalem and three miles or five kilometres from Gibeah, on the edge of the Wadi Suweinit looking northward to the opposite village of ancient Michmash, modern 'Mukhmas'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֶּבַע Gebaʻ, gheh'-bah; from the same as H1375, a hillock; Geba, a place in Palestine:—Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.
STRONGS H1387: Abbreviations
† גֶּ֫בַע proper name, of a location — ג׳ absolute Joshua 21:17 +; construct Judges 20:10 +; גָּ֑בַע Joshua 18:24 +; — Levitical city, in Benjamin Joshua 21:17 = 1 Chronicles 6:45; Joshua 18:24 compare 1 Chronicles 8:6; 1 Kings 15:22; Nehemiah 11:31; also 1 Samuel 13:16 & Judges 20:10, 33 MT, in all three read (גִּבְעַת) גִּבְעָה, compare context; — northernmost city in kingdom of Judah 2 Kings 23:8 from Geba to Beersheba, compare Zechariah 14:10; situated south of pass of Michmash Isaiah 10:29; 1 Samuel 14:5 compare 1 Samuel 13:3; mentioned also 2 Chronicles 16:6; Ezra 2:26; Nehemiah 7:30; Nehemiah 12:29; in 1 Samuel 13:18 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr read הַגֶּבַע for MT גְּבוּל which see; (2 Samuel 5:25 read גבעון with Greek Version of the LXX and 1 Chronicles 14:16). — Modern Jeba` RobBR i. 440 f. BdPal 120.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

18:24; 18:24; 21:17; 21:17

Judges

20:10; 20:10; 20:33

1 Samuel

13:3; 13:16; 13:18; 14:5

2 Samuel

5:25

1 Kings

15:22

2 Kings

23:8

1 Chronicles

6:45; 8:6; 14:16

2 Chronicles

16:6

Ezra

2:26

Nehemiah

7:30; 11:31; 12:29

Isaiah

10:29

Zechariah

14:10

H1387

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1387 matches the Hebrew גֶּבַע (geḇaʿ),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24 - and Carapha, and Cephira, and Moni, and Gabaa, twelve cities and their villages:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:17 - And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - Moreover we will take ten men for a hundred for all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred for a thousand, and a thousand for ten thousand, to take provision, to cause them to come to Gabaa of Benjamin, to do to it according to all the abomination, which [fn]they wrought in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:3 - And Jonathan smote Nasib the Philistine that dwelt in the hill; and the Philistines hear of it, and Saul sounds the trumpet through all the land, saying, [fn]The servants have despised us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16 - And Saul and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, halted in Gabaa of Benjamin; and they wept: and the Philistines had encamped in Machmas.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - The one way was northward to one coming to Machmas, and the other way was southward to one coming to Gabae.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:25 - And David did as the Lord commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Gabaon as far as the land of Gazera.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - And king Asa charged all Juda without exception: and they take up the stones of Rama and its timbers with which Baasa was building; and king Asa built with them upon the [fn]whole hill of Benjamin, and the watch-tower.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - And he brought up all the priests from the cities of Juda, and defiled the high places where the priests burned incense, from Gæbal even to Bersabee; and he pulled down the house of the gates that was by the door of the gate of Joshua the ruler of the city, on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - (LXX 6:45) and of the tribe of Benjamin Gabai and her suburbs, and Galemath and her suburbs, and Anathoth and her suburbs: all their cities were thirteen cities according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:6 - These were the sons of Aod: these are the heads of families to them that dwell in Gabee, and they removed them to Machanathi:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - then king Asa took all Juda, and took the stones of Rama, and its timber, with which Baasa had built; and he built with them Gabae and Maspha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:26 - The children of Rama and Gabaa, six hundred and twenty-one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30 - The men of Arama and Gabaa, six hundred and twenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:31 - And the children of Benjamin dwelt from Gabaa to Machmas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:29 - and from the country: for the singers built themselves villages by Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:29 - And he shall pass by the valley, and shall arrive at Angai: fear shall seize upon Rama, the city of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - compassing all the earth, and the wilderness from Gabe unto Remmon south of Jerusalem. And Rama shall remain in its place. From the gate of Benjamin to the place of the first gate, to the gate of the corners, and to the tower of Anameel, as far as the king's wine-presses,
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