Strong H15332 sensesגִּלְבֹּעַ

(Mount) Gilboa · Gilboa

Transliteration
gilbôa‛
Pronunciation
gil-bo'-ah

Meaning of the name

Gilboa = "swollen heap"

The 2 senses of Strong H1533

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H1533 appears in 8 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. (Mount) GilboaH1533HA mountain range where Saul and his sons died.5 verses · 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles
  2. GilboaH1533GA mountain range where Saul and his sons died.3 verses · 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel

General definition

From H1530 and H1158; fountain of ebullition;
{Gilboa} a mountain of Palestine: - Gilboa.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • gilboa8

First verses

  1. 1 Samuel 28:4
    And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
  2. 1 Samuel 31:1
    Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
  3. 1 Samuel 31:8
    And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
  4. 2 Samuel 1:6
    And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
  5. 2 Samuel 1:21
    Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
  6. 2 Samuel 21:12
    And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh–gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth–shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
  7. 1 Chronicles 10:1
    Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
  8. 1 Chronicles 10:8
    And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.