Word Study · Strong's H1387 · Hebrew
גֶּבַע
Geba
gheh'-bah
Strong's 1890 spelling: Gebaʻ
“Geba, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Geba, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.
- 19occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 19 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- גֶּ֖בַע4
- וָגָ֔בַע2
- מִגֶּ֖בַע2
- בְּגֶ֔בַע1
- בְּגֶ֣בַע1
- גֶ֔בַע1
- גֶּ֥בַע1
- גֶּ֤בַע1
- גָֽבַע׃1
- גָּֽבַע׃ ס1
- וָגָ֑בַע1
- לְגֶ֣בַע1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 7
- Geba9
- and Geba3
- from Geba3
- [was] at Geba1
- [were] from Geba1
- in Geba1
- to Geba1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)9
- preposition + proper noun (a name)7
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 9
- HR/Npl · 7
- HC/Npl · 3
All 19, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Samuel3 of 19 · 16%
- Nehemiah3 of 19 · 16%
- Joshua2 of 19 · 11%
- Judges2 of 19 · 11%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 19 · 11%
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Joshua2 occurrences
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 20:10לְגֶ֣בַעlegeva'preposition + proper noun (a name)We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”here: to Geba
- Judges 20:33גָֽבַע׃gava'proper noun (a name)So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.here: Geba
1 Samuel3 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 13:3בְּגֶ֔בַעbegeva'preposition + proper noun (a name)Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”here: [was] at Geba
- 1 Samuel 13:16בְּגֶ֣בַעbegeva'preposition + proper noun (a name)Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.here: in Geba
- 1 Samuel 14:5גָּֽבַע׃ סgava'proper noun (a name)One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.here: Geba
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:60גֶּ֤בַעgeva'proper noun (a name)And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.here: Geba
- 1 Chronicles 8:6גֶ֔בַעgeva'proper noun (a name)These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:here: Geba
Ezra1 occurrence
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 7:30וָגָ֔בַעvagava'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;here: and Geba
- Nehemiah 11:31מִגָּ֑בַעmigava'preposition + proper noun (a name)The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;here: [were] from Geba
- Nehemiah 12:29גֶּ֖בַעgeva'proper noun (a name)from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.here: Geba