Strong H1387H1387Hגֶּ֫בַע

Gibeah

One of the 4 senses of Strong H1387

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

Definition

Gibeah, a city of Benjamin, was the hometown of Saul and the site of infamous atrocities during the time of the judges (Joshua 18:28; 24:33; Judges 19-20; 1 Samuel 10:5, 10, 26; 11:4; 13:2, 15; 14:2, 16; 15:34; 22:6; 23:19; 26:1; 2 Samuel 21:6; 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:31; 12:3; Isaiah 10:29; Hosea 5:8; 9:9; 10:9).

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

Gibeah

A city of Benjamin, associated with Saul and atrocities.

Gibeah, a city of Benjamin, was the hometown of Saul and the site of infamous atrocities during the time of the judges (Joshua 18:28; 24:33; Judges 19-20; 1 Samuel 10:5, 10, 26; 11:4; 13:2, 15; 14:2, 16; 15:34; 22:6; 23:19; 26:1; 2 Samuel 21:6; 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:31; 12:3; Isaiah 10:29; Hosea 5:8; 9:9; 10:9).

In the Bible

Strong H1387H appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • gibeah1

First verses

  1. Judges 20:10
    And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
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