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Strong's #1533 - גִּלְבֹעַ

Transliteration
Gilbôaʻ
Phonetics
gil-bo'-ah
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H1530) and (H1158)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Gilboa = “swollen heap”

1) a mountain-ridge at the southeastern end of the plain of Jezreel, site of the death of Saul and Jonathan

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (8)
1 Samuel 3
2 Samuel 3
1 Chronicles 2
NAS (8)
1 Samuel 3
2 Samuel 3
1 Chronicles 2
HCS (8)
1 Samuel 3
2 Samuel 3
1 Chronicles 2
BSB (8)
1 Samuel 3
2 Samuel 3
1 Chronicles 2
ESV (8)
1 Samuel 3
2 Samuel 3
1 Chronicles 2
WEB (8)
1 Samuel 3
2 Samuel 3
1 Chronicles 2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 גִּלְבֹּעַ proper name, of a location Gilboa` (derivation unknown), mountain-ridge at southeast end of plain of Jezreel, where Saul & Jonathan were killed; usually with article ׳הַר הַגּ 1 Samuel 31:1,8; 2 Samuel 1:6; הָרֵי בַּגִּלְבֹּעַ 2 Samuel 1:21 (David's lament); ׳בַּגּ alone 1 Samuel 28:4; 2 Samuel 21:12; without article הַר גִּלְבֹּעַ 1 Chronicles 10:1,8 ("" 1 Samuel 31:1,8 above); — modern Jebel Fu‡û±a Bd Pal 244.

גַּלְגַּל, גִּלְגָּל, גֻּלְֹגּלֶת see below גלל.

גלד (√ of following meaning dubious perhaps compare Ethiopic obducere, inducere; Arabic scourge).


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List of Word Forms
בַּגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃ בַגִּלְבֹּ֗עַ בגלבע בגלבע׃ גִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃ גלבע׃ הַגִּלְבֹּ֔עַ הַגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃ הגלבע הגלבע׃ bag·gil·bō·a‘ ḇag·gil·bō·a‘ baggilBoa baggilbōa‘ ḇaggilbōa‘ gil·bō·a‘ gilBoa gilbōa‘ hag·gil·bō·a‘ haggilBoa haggilbōa‘ vaggilBoa
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