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Strong's #1389 - גִּבְעָה

Transliteration
gibʻâh
Phonetics
ghib-aw'
Origin
from the same as (H1387)
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TWOT
309a
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) hill

1a) hill (lower than a mountain)

1b) as a place of illicit worship

1c) poetic for mountain

1d) used in place names

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1015 ‑ βουνός (boo‑nos');  3735 ‑ ὄρος (or'‑os);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (69)
Genesis 1
Exodus 2
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 2
Joshua 2
Judges 1
1 Samuel 6
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
2 Chronicles 1
Job 1
Psalms 5
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 2
Isaiah 13
Jeremiah 9
Ezekiel 8
Hosea 2
Joel 1
Amos 1
Micah 2
Nahum 1
Habakkuk 1
Zephaniah 1
NAS (69)
Genesis 1
Exodus 2
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 2
Judges 1
1 Samuel 6
2 Samuel 4
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
2 Chronicles 1
Job 1
Psalms 5
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 2
Isaiah 13
Jeremiah 9
Ezekiel 8
Hosea 2
Joel 1
Amos 1
Micah 2
Nahum 1
Habakkuk 1
Zephaniah 1
HCS (71)
Genesis 1
Exodus 2
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 2
Joshua 2
Judges 1
1 Samuel 6
2 Samuel 4
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
2 Chronicles 1
Job 1
Psalms 5
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 2
Isaiah 13
Jeremiah 9
Ezekiel 8
Hosea 2
Joel 1
Amos 1
Micah 2
Nahum 1
Habakkuk 1
Zephaniah 1
BSB (71)
Genesis 1
Exodus 2
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 2
Joshua 2
Judges 1
1 Samuel 6
2 Samuel 4
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
2 Chronicles 1
Job 1
Psalms 5
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 2
Isaiah 13
Jeremiah 9
Ezekiel 8
Hosea 2
Joel 1
Amos 1
Micah 2
Nahum 1
Habakkuk 1
Zephaniah 1
ESV (63)
Genesis 1
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 2
Joshua 1
Judges 1
1 Samuel 5
2 Samuel 3
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
2 Chronicles 1
Job 1
Psalms 5
Proverbs 1
Isaiah 12
Jeremiah 9
Ezekiel 8
Hosea 2
Joel 1
Amos 1
Micah 2
Nahum 1
Habakkuk 1
Zephaniah 1
WEB (70)
Genesis 1
Exodus 2
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 2
Joshua 2
Judges 1
1 Samuel 6
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
2 Chronicles 1
Job 1
Psalms 5
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 2
Isaiah 13
Jeremiah 9
Ezekiel 8
Hosea 2
Joel 1
Amos 2
Micah 2
Nahum 1
Habakkuk 1
Zephaniah 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2051) obc (גבאה GBAh) AC: ? CO: Hill AB: ?: [from: bc]

Nf1 ) eobc (גבאהה GBAhH) - Hill: KJV (69): hill - Strongs: H1389 (גִּבְעָה)

bm) oibc (גביאה GBYAh) - Bowl: As with high sides. KJV (14): bowl, cup, pot - Strongs: H1375 (גָּבִיעַ)

hbf2) toibcm (מגביאהת MGBYAhT) - Turban: As high on the head. KJV (4): bonnet - Strongs: H4021 (מִגְבָּעָה)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 I. גִּבְעָה noun feminine hill — absolute גִּבְעָה 2 Samuel 2:25 13t. + Ezekiel 6:13 (strike out Co q. v.) 1 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 6:3,4 (compare Dr); construct גִּבְעַת Joshua 5:3 8t. + 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 35t.; 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 6:3,4see also below II. גִּבְעָה.

2 especially as place of illicit worship גְּבֹהָה ותחת כל עץ רענן׳עַל כָּלגֿ 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; Song of Solomon 2:8; Song of Solomon 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 Song of Solomon 4:6 (i.e. hill where frankincense is grown); גָּרֵב֑׳ג Jeremiah 31:39; יְרוּשָׁלַם׳ג Isaiah 10:32; compare Isaiah 31:4 (where "" הַרצִֿיּוֺן), Ezekiel 34:26 (see above) & הַגְּבָעוֺת Zephaniah 1:10 hills on which Jerusalem stands.


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

גִּבְעָה pl. גְּבָעוֹת f.

(1)  a hill, 2 Samuel 2:25; Isaiah 40:12, 41:15 Song of Solomon 2:8, etc.; גִּבְעֹת עוֹלָם the ancient hills, the same from the creation of the world to this day, Gen, 49:26 Job 15:7, לִפְנֵי גְבָעוֹת חוֹלַלְתָּ “wast thou born before the hills?” Proverbs 8:25 גִּבְעַת יְהֹוָה “the hill of Jehovah,” Zion, Ezekiel 34:26 compare Isaiah 31:4. Many of the hills of Palestine were designated by proper names (אַמָּה, גָּרֵב, חֲכִילָה), in other places the name of hill is applied

(2) To a town situated on a hill (compare dunum in the ancient cities of Germany, Gaul, and Britain, which in Celtic signifies a hill [rather a fortress], Augustodunum, Cæsarodunum, Lugdunum, etc.), [Gibeah, the hill], as

(a) גִּבְעַת בִּנְיָמִין 1 Samuel 13:15 בִנְיָמִין ג׳ בְּנֵי 2 Samuel 23:29, “Gibeah of the Benjamites;” also גִּבְעַת שָׁאוּל 1 Samuel 11:4 גִּבְעַת הָאֱלֹהִים 1 Samuel 10:5 compare 10 1 Samuel 10:10, κατʼ ἐξοχὴν הַגִּבְעָה Hosea 5:8, 9:9 10:9 and גִּבְעָה 1 Samuel 10:26, etc., a town of the Benjamites where Saul was born, infamous for an outrage of the inhabitants (Judges 19:12, seq.; 20:4, seq.), but equally with Bethel reckoned among the ancient sanctuaries of Palestine [???] (1 Samuel 10:5, 1 Samuel 10:6). Gent. n. גִּבְעָתִי 1 Chronicles 12:3. [This town is now prob. called Jeba’ جبع, Rob. ii. 114.]

(b) גִּבְעַת פִּֽינְחָס (hill of Phinehas) in Mount Ephraim, Joshua 24:33.

(c) גִּבְעָה a town in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:57.


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List of Word Forms
בְּגִבְעַ֣ת בְּגִבְעַת֙ בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה בַּגִּבְעָ֔ה בגבעה בגבעת גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת גְּבָע֑וֹת גְּבָע֥וֹת גְּבָעוֹת֙ גְבָע֣וֹת גִּבְע֣וֹת גִּבְע֥וֹת גִּבְעַ֖ת גִּבְעַ֣ת גִּבְעָ֑ה גִּבְעָ֔ה גִּבְעָ֖ה גִּבְעָ֞ה גִּבְעָ֣ה גִּבְעָ֨ה גִּבְעָה֙ גִּבְעָתִ֖י גִּבְעָתָֽהּ׃ גִּבְעֹ֣ת גִּבְעוֹתֶ֤יךָ גבעה גבעות גבעותיך גבעת גבעתה׃ גבעתי הַגְּבָע֑וֹת הַגְּבָע֔וֹת הַגְּבָע֖וֹת הַגְּבָע֥וֹת הַגְּבָעֽוֹת׃ הַגְּבָעוֹת֙ הַגִּבְעָ֔ה הַגִּבְעָ֔תָה הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ הגבעה הגבעה׃ הגבעות הגבעות׃ הגבעתה וְ֠לַגְּבָעוֹת וְגִבְעָ֖ה וְהַגְּבָע֖וֹת וְהַגְּבָע֗וֹת וְהַגְּבָעוֹת֙ וְלַגְּבָע֖וֹת וְלַגְּבָע֜וֹת וּ֝גְבָע֗וֹת וּגְבָע֔וֹת וּגְבָע֖וֹת וּמִגְּבָע֖וֹת וגבעה וגבעות והגבעות ולגבעות ומגבעות מִגְּבָע֑וֹת מִגְּבָע֖וֹת מִגִּבְעַ֥ת מֵהַגְּבָעֽוֹת׃ מגבעות מגבעת מהגבעות׃ bag·giḇ·‘āh baggiḇ‘āh baggivAh bə·ḡiḇ·‘aṯ bəḡiḇ‘aṯ begivAt gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ ḡə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ gəḇā‘ōwṯ ḡəḇā‘ōwṯ gevaot giḇ‘āh giḇ‘aṯ giḇ‘āṯāh giḇ‘āṯî giḇ‘ōṯ giḇ‘ōwṯ giḇ‘ōwṯeḵā giḇ·‘ā·ṯāh giḇ·‘ā·ṯî giḇ·‘āh giḇ·‘aṯ giḇ·‘ō·w·ṯe·ḵā giḇ·‘ō·wṯ giḇ·‘ōṯ givAh givAt givaTah givaTi givOt givoTeicha hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ hag·giḇ·‘ā·ṯāh hag·giḇ·‘āh haggəḇā‘ōwṯ haggevaot haggiḇ‘āh haggiḇ‘āṯāh haggivAh haggivAtah mê·hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ mêhaggəḇā‘ōwṯ mehaggevaot mig·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ mig·giḇ·‘aṯ miggəḇā‘ōwṯ miggevaot miggiḇ‘aṯ miggivAt ū·ḡə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ ū·mig·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ ūḡəḇā‘ōwṯ ugevaot ūmiggəḇā‘ōwṯ umiggevaot vegivAh vehaggevaot velaggevaot wə·ḡiḇ·‘āh wə·hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ wə·lag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ wəḡiḇ‘āh wəhaggəḇā‘ōwṯ wəlaggəḇā‘ōwṯ
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