Strong H1387H1387Gגֶּ֫בַע

Geba

One of the 4 senses of Strong H1387

Transliteration
geba‛
Pronunciation
gheh'-bah
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Geba, a Levitical city in the territory of Benjamin, was located on the northern border of the kingdom of Judah (Joshua 18:24; 1 Kings 15:22).

Meaning of the name

Gaba or Geba or Gibeah = "hill"

General definition

From the same as {H1375 } a hillock;
{Geba} a place in Palestine: - {Gaba} {Geba} Gibeah.

In the biblical story

Geba

A Levitical city in Benjamin

Geba, a Levitical city in the territory of Benjamin, was located on the northern border of the kingdom of Judah (Joshua 18:24; 1 Kings 15:22).

In the Bible

Strong H1387G appears in 16 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • geba11
  • gaba2
  • gibeah2
  • therewith1

First verses

  1. Joshua 18:24
    And Chephar–haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
  2. Joshua 21:17
    And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
  3. 1 Samuel 13:3
    And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
  4. 1 Samuel 13:16
    And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
  5. 1 Samuel 14:5
    The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
  6. 1 Kings 15:22
    Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
  7. 2 Kings 23:8
    And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer–sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
  8. 1 Chronicles 6:60
    And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
  9. 1 Chronicles 8:6
    And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
  10. 2 Chronicles 16:6
    Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
  11. Ezra 2:26
    The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
  12. Nehemiah 7:30
    The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
  13. Nehemiah 11:31
    The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth–el, and in their villages,
  14. Nehemiah 12:29
    Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
  15. Isaiah 10:29
    They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
  16. Zechariah 14:10
    All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.
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