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Lexicon :: Strong's H1387 - geḇaʿ

Aa
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 BoxJos 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24 - And Chephar-Ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve towns with their unwalled places;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:17 - And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the act of shame they have done in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:3 - And Jonathan made an attack on the armed force of the Philistines stationed at Gibeah; and news was given to the Philistines that the Hebrews were turned against them. And Saul had a horn sounded through all the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16 - And Saul, with Jonathan his son and the people who were with them, was waiting in Geba in the land of Benjamin: but the tents of the Philistines were in Michmash.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - The one rock went up on the north in front of Michmash and the other on the south in front of Geba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:25 - And David did as the Lord had said; and he overcame the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon to near Gezer.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - Then King Asa got all Judah together, making every man come; and they took away the stones and the wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and King Asa made use of them for building Geba in the land of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - And he made all the priests from the towns of Judah come into Jerusalem, and he made unclean the high places where the priests had been burning offerings, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he had the high places of the evil spirits pulled down which were by the doorway of Joshua, the ruler of the town, on the left side of the way into the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its outskirts, and Alemeth with its outskirts, and Anathoth with its outskirts. All their towns among their families were thirteen towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:6 - And these are the sons of Ehud, heads of families of those living in Geba: Iglaam and Alemeth

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - Then King Asa, with all Judah, took away the stones and wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and he made use of them for building Geba and Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:26 - The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30 - The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:31 - And the children of Benjamin were living from Geba, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and its daughter-towns,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:29 - And from Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the music-makers had made daughter-towns for themselves round about Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:29 - They have gone across the mountain; Geba will be our resting-place tonight, they say: Ramah is shaking with fear; Gibeah of Saul has gone in flight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - And all the land will become like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up and be living in her place; from the doorway of Benjamin to the place of the first doorway, to the doorway of the angle, and from the tower of Hananel to the king's wine-crushing places, men will be living in her.
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