Strong H1533H1533Hגִּלְבֹּעַ
(Mount) Gilboa
One of the 2 senses of Strong H1533
- Transliteration
- gilbôa‛
- Pronunciation
- gil-bo'-ah
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Mount Gilboa was the site where Saul and his sons were killed in battle against the Philistines (1 Samuel 31:1, 8; 2 Samuel 1:6; 1 Chronicles 10:1, 8; Judges 7:3).
Meaning of the name
Gilboa = "swollen heap"
General definition
In the biblical story
Gilboa Mount
A mountain range where Saul and his sons died.
Mount Gilboa was the site where Saul and his sons were killed in battle against the Philistines (1 Samuel 31:1, 8; 2 Samuel 1:6; 1 Chronicles 10:1, 8; Judges 7:3).
In the Bible
Strong H1533H appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gilboa5
First verses
- 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 31:8And 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.
- 2 Samuel 1:6And 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.
- 1 Chronicles 10:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
- 1 Chronicles 10:8And 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.