Word Study · Strong's H1375 · Hebrew
גְּבִיעַ
gebia
gheb-ee'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: gᵉbîyaʻ
“a goblet”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a goblet; by analogy, the calyx of aflower
Rendered in the KJV as
house, cup, pot.
- 14occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 14 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- גְּבִיעֶ֛יהָ2
- גְ֠בִעִים2
- גְבִעִ֗ים2
- גְבִעִ֑ים2
- גְּבִ֣יעַ1
- גְּבִיעִ֞י1
- גְּבִעִ֛ים1
- הַגָּבִ֔יעַ1
- הַגָּבִ֖יעַ1
- הַגָּבִ֜יעַ1
How it is rendered · 6
- cups6
- the cup3
- cups its2
- [the] cup of1
- bowls1
- cup my1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · masculine plural7
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 7
- HTd/Ncmsa · 3
- HNcmpc/Sp3fs · 2
- HNcmsc · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 1
All 14, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis5 occurrences
- Genesis 44:2גְּבִיעִ֞יgeviinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularPut my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.here: cup my
- Genesis 44:2גְּבִ֣יעַgevia'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.here: [the] cup of
- Genesis 44:12הַגָּבִ֔יעַhagavia'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.here: the cup
- Genesis 44:16הַגָּבִ֖יעַhagavia'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”here: the cup
- Genesis 44:17הַגָּבִ֜יעַhagavia'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”here: the cup
Exodus8 occurrences
- Exodus 25:31גְּבִיעֶ֛יהָgevieihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.here: cups its
- Exodus 25:33גְ֠בִעִיםgeviimnoun · masculine pluralThere are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.here: cups
- Exodus 25:33גְבִעִ֗יםgeviimnoun · masculine pluralThere are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.here: cups
- Exodus 25:34גְבִעִ֑יםgeviimnoun · masculine pluralAnd on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.here: cups
- Exodus 37:17גְּבִיעֶ֛יהָgevieihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.here: cups its
- Exodus 37:19גְ֠בִעִיםgeviimnoun · masculine pluralThere were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.here: cups
- Exodus 37:19גְבִעִ֗יםgeviimnoun · masculine pluralThere were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.here: cups
- Exodus 37:20גְבִעִ֑יםgeviimnoun · masculine pluralAnd on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.here: cups