Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NLT

NLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H1390 - giḇʿâ

Choose a new font size and typeface
גִּבְעָה
Transliteration
giḇʿâ
Pronunciation
ghib-aw'
Listen
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

גִּבְעָה Gibʻâh, ghib-aw'; the same as H1389; Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine:—Gibeah, the hill.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H1390 in the following manner: Gibeah (44x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H1390 in the following manner: Gibeah (44x).

  1. Gibeah = "hill"

    1. a city in the mountain district of Judah

    2. a city of Benjamin, birthplace of king Saul

    3. a city in Kirjath-jearim of Ephraim

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גִּבְעָה Gibʻâh, ghib-aw'; the same as H1389; Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine:—Gibeah, the hill.
STRONGS H1390: Abbreviations
II. גִּבְעָה proper name, of a location (hill) — ג׳ Joshua 15:57 +; (הַ)גִּבְעָ֫תָה Judges 20:4 + 5 times; גִּבְעַת Joshua 18:28; construct גִּבְעַת 1 Samuel 11:4 + 9 times; absolute always with article except Joshua 15:57; Joshua 18:28; Judges 19:12; Judges 20:31; 1 Samuel 10:26; 2 Chronicles 13:2; —
†1. a city of Judah Joshua 15:57 (perhaps one of two villages called Gabaa, Gabatha in Onomasticon see LagOnom. 246, 128; 2nd ed 255, 160).
2. city of Benjamin Judges 19:14, 16 + 20 times Judges; 1 Samuel 10:26; 1 Samuel 14:2; 1 Samuel 22:6; 1 Samuel 26:1; 2 Samuel 23:29 = 1 Chronicles 11:31; also Hosea 5:8; Hosea 9:9; Hosea 10:9 (twice in verse) (compare Judges 19:12ff. Judges 13:2; perhaps also 1 Samuel 7:1; 1 Samuel 10:10; 2 Samuel 6:3, 4 read also (for גבע) 1 Samuel 13:16 Judges 20:10, 33; = גִּבְעַת H1394Joshua 18:28; called also גִּבְעַת בִּנְיָמִין 1 Samuel 13:2, 15; 1 Samuel 14:16, & גִּבְעַת שָׁאוּל 1 Samuel 11:4; 1 Samuel 15:34; Isaiah 10:29; 2 Samuel 21:6 read probably גִּבְעוֺן Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
†3. a city of Ephraim, called גִּבְעַת פִּֽינְחָסJoshua 24:33.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

15:57; 15:57; 15:57; 18:28; 18:28; 18:28; 24:33

Judges

13:2; 19:12; 19:12; 19:14; 19:16; 20:4; 20:10; 20:31; 20:33

1 Samuel

7:1; 10:10; 10:26; 10:26; 11:4; 11:4; 13:2; 13:15; 13:16; 14:2; 14:16; 15:34; 22:6; 26:1

2 Samuel

6:3; 6:4; 21:6; 23:29

1 Chronicles

11:31

2 Chronicles

13:2

Isaiah

10:29

Hosea

5:8; 9:9; 10:9

H1390

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1390 matches the Hebrew גִּבְעָה (giḇʿâ),
which occurs 43 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:57 - Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten towns with their surrounding villages.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:12 - “No,” his master said, “we can’t stay in this foreign town where there are no Israelites. Instead, we will go on to Gibeah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 - Come on, let’s try to get as far as Gibeah or Ramah, and we’ll spend the night in one of those towns.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:14 - So they went on. The sun was setting as they came to Gibeah, a town in the land of Benjamin,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:15 - so they stopped there to spend the night. They rested in the town square, but no one took them in for the night.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:16 - That evening an old man came home from his work in the fields. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was living in Gibeah, where the people were from the tribe of Benjamin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - The Levite, the husband of the woman who had been murdered, said, “My concubine and I came to spend the night in Gibeah, a town that belongs to the people of Benjamin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5 - That night some of the leading citizens of Gibeah surrounded the house, planning to kill me, and they raped my concubine until she was dead.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:9 - Instead, this is what we will do to Gibeah; we will draw lots to decide who will attack it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - Give up those evil men, those troublemakers from Gibeah, so we can execute them and purge Israel of this evil.”
But the people of Benjamin would not listen.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:14 - Instead, they came from their towns and gathered at Gibeah to fight the Israelites.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 - In all, 26,000 of their warriors armed with swords arrived in Gibeah to join the 700 elite troops who lived there.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:19 - So the Israelites left early the next morning and camped near Gibeah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:20 - Then they advanced toward Gibeah to attack the men of Benjamin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:21 - But Benjamin’s warriors, who were defending the town, came out and killed 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25 - but the men of Benjamin killed another 18,000 Israelites, all of whom were experienced with the sword.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:29 - So the Israelites set an ambush all around Gibeah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:30 - They went out on the third day and took their positions at the same place as before.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - When the men of Benjamin came out to attack, they were drawn away from the town. And as they had done before, they began to kill the Israelites. About thirty Israelites died in the open fields and along the roads, one leading to Bethel and the other leading back to Gibeah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:33 - When the main group of Israelite warriors reached Baal-tamar, they turned and took up their positions. Meanwhile, the Israelites hiding in ambush to the west[fn] of Gibeah jumped up to fight.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:34 - There were 10,000 elite Israelite troops who advanced against Gibeah. The fighting was so heavy that Benjamin didn’t realize the impending disaster.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:36 - Then the men of Benjamin saw that they were beaten.
The Israelites had retreated from Benjamin’s warriors in order to give those hiding in ambush more room to maneuver against Gibeah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37 - Then those who were hiding rushed in from all sides and killed everyone in the town.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - The Israelites surrounded the men of Benjamin and chased them relentlessly, finally overtaking them east of Gibeah.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:26 - When Saul returned to his home at Gibeah, a group of men whose hearts God had touched went with him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:4 - When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the people about their plight, everyone broke into tears.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 - Saul selected 3,000 special troops from the army of Israel and sent the rest of the men home. He took 2,000 of the chosen men with him to Micmash and the hill country of Bethel. The other 1,000 went with Saul’s son Jonathan to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:15 - Samuel then left Gilgal and went on his way, but the rest of the troops went with Saul to meet the army. They went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.[fn] When Saul counted the men who were still with him, he found only 600 were left!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:2 - Meanwhile, Saul and his 600 men were camped on the outskirts of Gibeah, around the pomegranate tree[fn] at Migron.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:16 - Saul’s lookouts in Gibeah of Benjamin saw a strange sight—the vast army of Philistines began to melt away in every direction.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:34 - Then Samuel went home to Ramah, and Saul returned to his house at Gibeah of Saul.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:6 - The news of his arrival in Judah soon reached Saul. At the time, the king was sitting beneath the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, holding his spear and surrounded by his officers.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:19 - But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him. “We know where David is hiding,” they said. “He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part of Jeshimon.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:1 - Now some men from Ziph came to Saul at Gibeah to tell him, “David is hiding on the hill of Hakilah, which overlooks Jeshimon.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:6 - So let seven of Saul’s sons be handed over to us, and we will execute them before the LORD at Gibeon, on the mountain of the LORD.[fn]”
“All right,” the king said, “I will do it.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:29 - Heled[fn] son of Baanah from Netophah;
Ithai[fn] son of Ribai from Gibeah (in the land of Benjamin);

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:31 - Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah (in the land of Benjamin);
Benaiah from Pirathon;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2 - He reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah,[fn] the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah.
Then war broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:29 - They are crossing the pass
and are camping at Geba.
Fear strikes the town of Ramah.
All the people of Gibeah, the hometown of Saul,
are running for their lives.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:8 - “Sound the alarm in Gibeah!
Blow the trumpet in Ramah!
Raise the battle cry in Beth-aven[fn]!
Lead on into battle, O warriors of Benjamin!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:9 - The things my people do are as depraved
as what they did in Gibeah long ago.
God will not forget.
He will surely punish them for their sins.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:9 - The LORD says, “O Israel, ever since Gibeah,
there has been only sin and more sin!
You have made no progress whatsoever.
Was it not right that the wicked men of Gibeah were attacked?
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NLT
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NLT
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.