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Lexicon :: Strong's H1389 - giḇʿâ

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גִּבְעָה
Transliteration
giḇʿâ
Pronunciation
ghib-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as גֶּבַע (H1387)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 309a

Strong’s Definitions

גִּבְעָה gibʻâh, ghib-aw'; feminine from the same as H1387; a hillock:—hill, little hill.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x

The KJV translates Strong's H1389 in the following manner: hill (69x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x
The KJV translates Strong's H1389 in the following manner: hill (69x).

  1. hill

    1. hill (lower than a mountain)

    2. as a place of illicit worship

    3. poetic for mountain

    4. used in place names

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גִּבְעָה gibʻâh, ghib-aw'; feminine from the same as H1387; a hillock:—hill, little hill.
STRONGS H1389: Abbreviations
† I. גִּבְעָה noun feminine hill — absolute גִּבְעָה 2 Samuel 2:25 + 13 times + Ezekiel 6:13 (strike out Co which see) 1 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 6:3, 4 (compare Dr); construct גִּבְעַת Joshua 5:3 + 8 times + 1 Samuel 10:5 (compare Dr); suffix גִּבְעָתִי Ezekiel 34:26 (but strike out Co), גִּבְעָתָהּ Isaiah 31:4; plural absolute גְּבָעוֺת Deuteronomy 12:2 + 35 times; construct גִּבְעוֺת Deuteronomy 33:15; Habakkuk 3:6, גִּבְעֹת Genesis 49:26; suffix גִּבְעוֺתֶיךָ Ezekiel 35:8; — hill, height, elevation, both high and low, compare Psalm 148:9 ההרים וכל גבעות, Psalm 65:13; —
1. in ordinary prose, hill, lower than mountain Exodus 17:9, 10 (E) 2 Samuel 2:25; it may be proper name in 1 Samuel 7:1; 1 Samuel 10:10; 2 Samuel 6:3, 4 see also below H1390 II. גִּבְעָה.
2. especially as place of illicit worship גְּבֹהָה ותחת כל עץ רענן עַל כָּל־ג׳ 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:10; Jeremiah 2:20; compare Deuteronomy 12:2; 2 Kings 16:4; 2 Chronicles 28:4 (these two + במות); also Hosea 4:13; Jeremiah 13:27; Jeremiah 17:2; Ezekiel 6:13 (see above).
3. very commonly || הר in poetry & prophets Deuteronomy 33:15; Psalm 72:3; Psalm 114:4; Psalm 114:6; Psalm 148:9; Songs 2:8; Songs 4:6; Isaiah 2:2, 14; Isaiah 30:17, 25; Isaiah 31:4; Isaiah 40:4, 12; Isaiah 41:15; Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 54:10; Isaiah 55:12; Isaiah 65:7; Jeremiah 3:23; Jeremiah 4:24; Jeremiah 16:16; Jeremiah 50:7; Ezekiel 6:3; Ezekiel 34:6; Ezekiel 35:8; Ezekiel 36:4, 6; Hosea 4:13; Hosea 10:8; Joshua 4:18; Amos 9:13; Micah 4:1; Micah 6:1; Nahum 1:5; Habakkuk 3:6; rarely in prose Deuteronomy 12:2; sometimes as high and majestic (poetry) עולם ג׳ Genesis 49:26; Deuteronomy 33:15; Habakkuk 3:6 ('everlasting hills'); compare also Job 15:7; Proverbs 8:25(with adjective high, compare above); see also Jeremiah 49:16.
4. hills with special names, some nearly or quite = proper name, of a location, which see under the respective words: מֹרֶה ג׳ Judges 7:1 teacher's hill, in valley of Jezreel; הָעֲרָלוֺת ג׳ Joshua 5:3 hill of the fore-skins; הָאֱלֹהִים ג׳ 1 Samuel 10:5 (a designation of Gibeah); הַחֲכִילָה ג׳ 1 Samuel 23:19; 1 Samuel 26:1, 3; אַמָּה ג׳ 2 Samuel 2:24; הַלְּבוֺנָה ג׳ Songs 4:6 (i.e. hill where frankincense is grown); גָּרֵב֑ ג׳ Jeremiah 31:39; יְרוּשָׁלַם ג׳ Isaiah 10:32; compare Isaiah 31:4 (where || הַר־צִיּוֺן), Ezekiel 34:26 (see above) & הַגְּבָעוֺת Zephaniah 1:10 hills on which Jerusalem stands.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:26; 49:26

Exodus

17:9; 17:10

Deuteronomy

12:2; 12:2; 12:2; 33:15; 33:15; 33:15

Joshua

4:18; 5:3; 5:3

Judges

7:1

1 Samuel

7:1; 7:1; 10:5; 10:5; 10:10; 23:19; 26:1; 26:3

2 Samuel

2:24; 2:25; 2:25; 6:3; 6:3; 6:4; 6:4

1 Kings

14:23

2 Kings

16:4; 17:10

2 Chronicles

28:4

Job

15:7

Psalms

65:13; 72:3; 114:4; 114:6; 148:9; 148:9

Proverbs

8:25

Song of Songs

2:8; 4:6; 4:6

Isaiah

2:2; 2:14; 10:32; 30:17; 30:25; 31:4; 31:4; 31:4; 40:4; 40:12; 41:15; 42:15; 54:10; 55:12; 65:7

Jeremiah

2:20; 3:23; 4:24; 13:27; 16:16; 17:2; 31:39; 49:16; 50:7

Ezekiel

6:3; 6:13; 6:13; 34:6; 34:26; 34:26; 35:8; 35:8; 36:4; 36:6

Hosea

4:13; 4:13; 10:8

Amos

9:13

Micah

4:1; 6:1

Nahum

1:5

Habakkuk

3:6; 3:6; 3:6

Zephaniah

1:10

H1389

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Strong's Number H1389 matches the Hebrew גִּבְעָה (giḇʿâ),
which occurs 71 times in 71 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Jer 17:2–Zep 1:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:2 - While their children remember
Their altars and their wooden images[fn]
By the green trees on the high hills.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:39 - “The surveyor’s line shall again extend straight forward over the hill Gareb; then it shall turn toward Goath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - Your fierceness has deceived you,
The pride of your heart,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Who hold the height of the hill!
Though you make your nest as high as the eagle,
I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:6 - “My people have been lost sheep.
Their shepherds have led them astray;
They have turned them away on the mountains.
They have gone from mountain to hill;
They have forgotten their resting place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:3 - “and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, to the hills, to the ravines, and to the valleys: “Indeed I, even I, will bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:13 - ‘Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when their slain are among their idols all around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, under every green tree, and under every thick oak, wherever they offered sweet incense to all their idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28 - “When I brought them into the land concerning which I had raised My hand in an oath to give them, and they saw all the high hills and all the thick trees, there they offered their sacrifices and provoked Me with their offerings. There they also sent up their sweet aroma and poured out their drink offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:6 - “My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26 - “I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:8 - “And I will fill its mountains with the slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those who are slain by the sword shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:4 - ‘therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which became plunder and mockery to the rest of the nations all around—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6 - “Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 - They offer sacrifices on the mountaintops,
And burn incense on the hills,
Under oaks, poplars, and terebinths,
Because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters commit harlotry,
And your brides commit adultery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,
Shall be destroyed.
The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars;
They shall say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
And to the hills, “Fall on us!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - And it will come to pass in that day
That the mountains shall drip with new wine,
The hills shall flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water;
A fountain shall flow from the house of the LORD
And water the Valley of Acacias.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:13 - “Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD,
“When the plowman shall overtake the reaper,
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
The mountains shall drip with sweet wine,
And all the hills shall flow with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:1 - Now it shall come to pass in the latter days
That the mountain of the LORD’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And peoples shall flow to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:1 - Hear now what the LORD says:

“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:5 - The mountains quake before Him,
The hills melt,
And the earth heaves[fn] at His presence,
Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6 - He stood and measured the earth;
He looked and startled the nations.
And the everlasting mountains were scattered,
The perpetual hills bowed.
His ways are everlasting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:10 - “And there shall be on that day,” says the LORD,
“The sound of a mournful cry from the Fish Gate,
A wailing from the Second Quarter,
And a loud crashing from the hills.

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