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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).
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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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But when the people of Gibeon [the Hivites] heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:17 - Then the sons of Israel set out and came to their cities on the third day. Now the cities [of the Hivites] were Gibeon and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim.

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When Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and had utterly destroyed it—as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king—and that the residents of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were [living] among them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - he [and his people] feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:4 - “Come up to me and help me, and let us attack Gibeon [with a combined army], because it has made peace with Joshua and with the sons (people) of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - Then the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they with all their armies, and they camped by Gibeon and fought against it.

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So the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, saying, “Do not [fn]abandon your servants; come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all [five of] the kings of the Amorites who live in the hill country have assembled against us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:10 - And the LORD caused them to panic and be confused before Israel, and He struck them dead in a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goes up to Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

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Then Joshua spoke to the LORD on the day when the LORD handed over the Amorites to the sons of Israel, and Joshua said in the sight of Israel,

“Sun, stand still at Gibeon,

And moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:41 - Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even as far as Gaza, and all the country of Goshen even as far as Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:19 - There was no city that made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; they took all the others in battle.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:17 - From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, and Geba with its pasture lands,

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Now Abner the son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:13 - Joab [David’s nephew] the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David also went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. They sat down, with one group on one side of the pool and the other group on the other side of the pool.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:16 - Each one of them seized his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponents side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim [that is, the Field of Sides], which is in Gibeon.

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But Joab and Abishai [Asahel’s brothers] pursued Abner. When the sun was going down, they came to the hill of Ammah, which is in front of Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - When they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing his military uniform, and over it he had a belt with a sheathed sword strapped around his hips; and as he went forward, [fn]it fell out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:4 - The king went to Gibeon [near Jerusalem, where the tabernacle and the bronze altar stood] to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:5 - In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, “Ask [Me] what I shall give you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:2 - that the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, just as He had appeared to him [fn]at Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:29 -

Now in Gibeon, Jeiel, the father of Gibeon lived, and his wife’s name was Maacah;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:35 -

Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon, and his wife’s name was Maacah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:16 - So David did just as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:39 - David left Zadok the priest and his relatives the priests before the dwelling place (tabernacle) of the LORD in the high place which was at Gibeon,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:29 - For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:3 - Then Solomon and all the assembly went to the high place at Gibeon [to offer sacrifices, where the Canaanites had habitually worshiped], for God’s Tent of Meeting was there, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:13 - So Solomon went from the high place at Gibeon, from the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, made repairs for the official seat (Jerusalem residence) of the governor [of the province] beyond the [Euphrates] River.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:25 - the sons of Gibeon, 95;

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For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim,

He will be stirred up as in the Valley of Gibeon,

To do His work, His unusual and incredible work,

And to accomplish His work, His extraordinary work.

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In the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year and the fifth month, the [false] prophet Hananiah the son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon [one of the priests’ cities], spoke [without godly authority] to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:12 - they took all their men and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and found him by the great pool in Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him took from Mizpah all the people whom he had rescued from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: the soldiers, the women, the children, and the high officials whom Johanan had brought back from Gibeon.
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