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Lexicon :: Strong's H1391 - giḇʿôn

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גִּבְעוֹן
Transliteration
giḇʿôn
Pronunciation
ghib-ohn'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as גֶּבַע (H1387)
Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: גבעון.

Strong’s Definitions

גִּבְעוֹן Gibʻôwn, ghib-ohn'; from the same as H1387; hilly; Gibon, a place in Palestine:—Gibeon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H1391 in the following manner: Gibeon (37x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H1391 in the following manner: Gibeon (37x).

  1. Gibeon = "hill city"

    1. a Levitical city of Benjamin, modern 'el-Jib', which lies 5 miles or 8 km from Jerusalem

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גִּבְעוֹן Gibʻôwn, ghib-ohn'; from the same as H1387; hilly; Gibon, a place in Palestine:—Gibeon.
STRONGS H1391: Abbreviations
† גִּבְעוֺן proper name, of a location — ג׳ Joshua 9:17 +; with ָ  ה locative; גִּבְע֫וֺנָה 2 Samuel 2:12 compare 1 Kings 3:4; — Levitical city in tribe of Benjamin; formerly inhabited by Hivites Joshua 9:17; Joshua 10:2, 4, 5, 10, 12, 41; Joshua 11:19; Joshua 18:25; Joshua 21:17; 2 Samuel 2:12, 13 (pool of Gibeon) 2 Samuel 2:16; 2 Samuel 3:30; 2 Samuel 20:8; Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 41:12 (great waters which are in Gibeon) Jeremiah 41:16; 1 Chronicles 14:16; see especially יוֺשְׁבַי ג׳, אַנְשֵׁי ג׳ Joshua 9:3, (called Hivites Joshua 9:7) Joshua 10:1, 6; Joshua 11:19; Nehemiah 3:7, so בְּנֵי ג׳ Nehemiah 7:25
[H1402 (= בְּנֵי גִבָּר Ezra 2:20, see גִּבָּר)];
compare also H25 as proper name, masculine 1 Chronicles 8:29 גִבְעוֺן אֲבִי יָֽשְׁבוּ וּבְגִבְעוֺן = 1 Chronicles 9:35; compare מִדְבַּר ג׳ 2 Samuel 2:24, עֵמֶק בְּג׳ Isaiah 28:21; it was the site of great Bamah 1 Kings 3:4, 5; 1 Kings 9:2, where was 'the tabernacle of Yahweh in the high place' according to 1 Chronicles 16:39; compare 1 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Chronicles 1:13 (twice in verse).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

9:3; 9:7; 9:17; 9:17; 10:1; 10:2; 10:4; 10:5; 10:6; 10:10; 10:12; 10:41; 11:19; 11:19; 18:25; 21:17

2 Samuel

2:12; 2:12; 2:13; 2:16; 2:24; 3:30; 20:8

1 Kings

3:4; 3:4; 3:5; 9:2

1 Chronicles

8:29; 9:35; 14:16; 16:39; 21:20

2 Chronicles

1:13

Nehemiah

3:7; 7:25

Isaiah

28:21

Jeremiah

28:1; 41:12; 41:16

H1391

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1391 matches the Hebrew גִּבְעוֹן (giḇʿôn),
which occurs 37 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:3 - But when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:17 - The Israelites set out at once to investigate and reached their towns in three days. The names of these towns were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 - Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured and completely destroyed[fn] Ai and killed its king, just as he had destroyed the town of Jericho and killed its king. He also learned that the Gibeonites had made peace with Israel and were now their allies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - He and his people became very afraid when they heard all this because Gibeon was a large town—as large as the royal cities and larger than Ai. And the Gibeonite men were strong warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:4 - “Come and help me destroy Gibeon,” he urged them, “for they have made peace with Joshua and the people of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - So these five Amorite kings combined their armies for a united attack. They moved all their troops into place and attacked Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 - The men of Gibeon quickly sent messengers to Joshua at his camp in Gilgal. “Don’t abandon your servants now!” they pleaded. “Come at once! Save us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings who live in the hill country have joined forces to attack us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:10 - The LORD threw them into a panic, and the Israelites slaughtered great numbers of them at Gibeon. Then the Israelites chased the enemy along the road to Beth-horon, killing them all along the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12 - On the day the LORD gave the Israelites victory over the Amorites, Joshua prayed to the LORD in front of all the people of Israel. He said,
“Let the sun stand still over Gibeon,
and the moon over the valley of Aijalon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:41 - Joshua slaughtered them from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza and from the region around the town of Goshen up to Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:19 - No one in this region made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites of Gibeon. All the others were defeated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:25 - Also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:17 - From the tribe of Benjamin the priests were given the following towns with their pasturelands: Gibeon, Geba,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:12 - One day Abner led Ishbosheth’s troops from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:13 - About the same time, Joab son of Zeruiah led David’s troops out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. The two groups sat down there, facing each other from opposite sides of the pool.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:16 - Each one grabbed his opponent by the hair and thrust his sword into the other’s side so that all of them died. So this place at Gibeon has been known ever since as the Field of Swords.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24 - When Joab and Abishai found out what had happened, they set out after Abner. The sun was just going down as they arrived at the hill of Ammah near Giah, along the road to the wilderness of Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because Abner had killed their brother Asahel at the battle of Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - As they arrived at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa met them. Joab was wearing his military tunic with a dagger strapped to his belt. As he stepped forward to greet Amasa, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:4 - The most important of these places of worship was at Gibeon, so the king went there and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:5 - That night the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:2 - Then the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had done before at Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:29 - Jeiel[fn] (the father of[fn] Gibeon) lived in the town of Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:35 - Jeiel (the father of[fn] Gibeon) lived in the town of Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:16 - So David did what God commanded, and they struck down the Philistine army all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:39 - Meanwhile, David stationed Zadok the priest and his fellow priests at the Tabernacle of the LORD at the place of worship in Gibeon, where they continued to minister before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:29 - At that time the Tabernacle of the LORD and the altar of burnt offering that Moses had made in the wilderness were located at the place of worship in Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:3 - Then he led the entire assembly to the place of worship in Gibeon, for God’s Tabernacle[fn] was located there. (This was the Tabernacle that Moses, the LORD’s servant, had made in the wilderness.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:13 - Then Solomon returned to Jerusalem from the Tabernacle at the place of worship in Gibeon, and he reigned over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - Next to them were Melatiah from Gibeon, Jadon from Meronoth, people from Gibeon, and people from Mizpah, the headquarters of the governor of the province west of the Euphrates River.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:25 -
The family of Gibbar[fn]95

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:21 - The LORD will come as he did against the Philistines at Mount Perazim
and against the Amorites at Gibeon.
He will come to do a strange thing;
he will come to do an unusual deed:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:1 - One day in late summer[fn] of that same year—the fourth year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah—Hananiah son of Azzur, a prophet from Gibeon, addressed me publicly in the Temple while all the priests and people listened. He said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:12 - they took all their men and set out to stop him. They caught up with him at the large pool near Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan son of Kareah and the other guerrilla leaders took all the people they had rescued in Gibeon—the soldiers, women, children, and court officials[fn] whom Ishmael had captured after he killed Gedaliah.
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