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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 1 / 2 (Gen 49:26–Jer 16:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - The blessings of your father
Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors,
Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.
They shall be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10 - So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:9 - For from the top of the rocks I see him,
And from the hills I behold him;
There! A people dwelling alone,
Not reckoning itself among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:2 - “You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:15 - With the best things of the ancient mountains,
With the precious things of the everlasting hills,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3 - So Joshua made flint knives for himself, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:33 - And Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in a hill belonging to Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:1 - Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the well of Harod, so that the camp of the Midianites was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:1 - Then the men of Kirjath Jearim came and took the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - “After that you shall come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is. And it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When they came there to the hill, there was a group of prophets to meet him; then the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:19 - Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding with us in strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:1 - Now the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding in the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:3 - And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is opposite Jeshimon, by the road. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24 - Joab and Abishai also pursued Abner. And the sun was going down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah by the road to the Wilderness of Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:25 - Now the children of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became a unit, and took their stand on top of a hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3 - So they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:4 - And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23 - For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:4 - And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:10 - They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images[fn] on every high hill and under every green tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:4 - And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:7 - “Are you the first man who was born?
Or were you made before the hills?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:12 - They drop on the pastures of the wilderness,
And the little hills rejoice on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:3 - The mountains will bring peace to the people,
And the little hills, by righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:4 - The mountains skipped like rams,
The little hills like lambs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:6 - O mountains, that you skipped like rams?
O little hills, like lambs?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:9 - Mountains and all hills;
Fruitful trees and all cedars;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:25 - Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was brought forth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:8 - The Shulamite
The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he comes
Leaping upon the mountains,
Skipping upon the hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:6 - Until the day breaks
And the shadows flee away,
I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh
And to the hill of frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:2 - 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 all nations shall flow to it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:14 - Upon all the high mountains,
And upon all the hills that are lifted up;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:32 - As yet he will remain at Nob that day;
He will shake his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion,
The hill of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:17 - One thousand shall flee at the threat of one,
At the threat of five you shall flee,
Till you are left as a pole on top of a mountain
And as a banner on a hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:25 - There will be on every high mountain
And on every high hill
Rivers and streams of waters,
In the day of the great slaughter,
When the towers fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For thus the LORD has spoken to me:

“As a lion roars,
And a young lion over his prey
(When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him,
He will not be afraid of their voice
Nor be disturbed by their noise),
So the LORD of hosts will come down
To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:4 - Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough places smooth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who has measured the waters[fn] in the hollow of His hand,
Measured heaven with a span
And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure?
Weighed the mountains in scales
And the hills in a balance?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:15 - “Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth;
You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small,
And make the hills like chaff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - I will lay waste the mountains and hills,
And dry up all their vegetation;
I will make the rivers coastlands,
And I will dry up the pools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:10 - For the mountains shall depart
And the hills be removed,
But My kindness shall not depart from you,
Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,”
Says the LORD, who has mercy on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:12 - “For you shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
Shall break forth into singing before you,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together,”
Says the LORD,
“Who have burned incense on the mountains
And blasphemed Me on the hills;
Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 - “For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds;
And you said, ‘I will not transgress,’
When on every high hill and under every green tree
You lay down, playing the harlot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:23 - Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills,
And from the multitude of mountains;
Truly, in the LORD our God
Is the salvation of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:24 - I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled,
And all the hills moved back and forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - I have seen your adulteries
And your lustful neighings,
The lewdness of your harlotry,
Your abominations on the hills in the fields.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
Will you still not be made clean?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:16 - “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the LORD, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

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