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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 Box Jos 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24 - Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba - a total of twelve cities and their towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:17 - From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned Gibeon, Geba,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:3 - Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul alerted all the land saying, "Let the Hebrews pay attention!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16 - Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - The cliff to the north was closer to Micmash, the one to the south closer to Geba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:25 - David did just as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from Gibeon all the way to Gezer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - King Asa ordered all the men of Judah (no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. King Asa used the materials to build up Geba (in Benjamin) and Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - He brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and ruined the high places where the priests had offered sacrifices, from Geba to Beer Sheba. He tore down the high place of the goat idols situated at the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the city official, on the left side of the city gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - Within the territory of the tribe of Benjamin they were allotted Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. Their clans were allotted thirteen cities in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:6 - These were the descendants of Ehud who were leaders of the families living in Geba who were forced to move to Manahath:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - King Asa ordered all the men of Judah to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. He used the materials to build up Geba and Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:26 - the men of Ramah and Geba: 621;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30 - the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:31 - Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:29 - and from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:29 - They went through the pass, spent the night at Geba. Ramah trembled, Gibeah of Saul ran away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - All the land will change and become like the Arabah from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be raised up and will stay in its own place from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate and on to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
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