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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 locationג׳ 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24 - and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:17 - From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, and Geba with its pasture lands,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - and we will take ten men out of a hundred throughout the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand to bring provisions for the men, so that when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, they may punish them for all the despicable acts which they have committed in Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:3 - Jonathan attacked and defeated the Philistine garrison which was at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16 - Saul and his son Jonathan and the people with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - The one crag was on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:25 - David did just as the LORD had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah—none was exempt—and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had built [the fortifications]. And King Asa built with them [border fortresses at] Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - Then Josiah brought all the [idolatrous] priests from the cities of Judah, and desecrated the high places where the priests had burned incense [to idols], from Geba to Beersheba, [that is, north to south]; and he tore down the high places of the gates which were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one’s left at the city gate.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - and from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, with their pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:6 - These are the sons of Ehud: These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Geba; they were exiled to Manahath:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - Then King Asa brought all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building, and with them he fortified Geba and Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:26 - the sons of Ramah and Geba, 621;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30 - the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:31 - The sons (descendants) of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its towns,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:29 - from Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:29 -

They have gone through the pass, saying,

“Geba will be our lodging place for the night.”

Ramah trembles, and Gibeah [the city] of Saul has fled.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 -

All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon, [the Rimmon that is] south of Jerusalem; but Jerusalem will rise and remain [lifted up] on its site from Benjamin’s Gate to the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses.

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