Word Study · Strong's H1390 · Hebrew
גִּבְעָה
Gibah
ghib-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Gibʻâh
“Gibah”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Gibeah, the hill.
- 45occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 31inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 45 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 31
- הַגִּבְעָ֖ה4
- גִּבְעַ֣ת3
- הַגִּבְעָ֔ה3
- הַגִּבְעָ֑ה3
- בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה2
- בְּגִבְעַ֖ת2
- גִּבְעַ֥ת2
- הַגִּבְעָֽה׃2
- הַגִּבְעָ֖תָה2
- בַגִּבְעָ֖ה1
- בַּגִּבְעָה֙1
- בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה1
and 19 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 11
- the Gibeah15
- Gibeah of5
- in the Gibeah5
- the Gibeah towards5
- at Gibeah of4
- Gibeah3
- from Gibeah of2
- Gibeah towards2
- to the Gibeah2
- [are] in the Gibeah1
- at the Gibeah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)15
- preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)9
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)5
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Npl · 15
- HRd/Npl · 9
- HNcfsc · 5
- HTd/Npl/Sd · 5
- HR/Ncfsc · 4
- HNpl · 3
- HNpl/Sd · 2
- HR/Npl · 2
All 45, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Judges carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 15:57גִּבְעָ֣הgivahproper noun (a name)Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.here: Gibeah
- Joshua 24:33בְּגִבְעַת֙begivatpreposition + proper noun (a name)Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.here: at Gibeah of
Judges22 occurrences
- Judges 19:12גִּבְעָֽה׃givahproper noun (a name)But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”here: Gibeah
- Judges 19:13בַגִּבְעָ֖הvagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”here: in the Gibeah
- Judges 19:14הַגִּבְעָ֖הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.here: the Gibeah
- Judges 19:15בַּגִּבְעָ֑הbagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.here: in the Gibeah
- Judges 19:16בַּגִּבְעָ֑הbagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.here: in the Gibeah
- Judges 20:4הַגִּבְעָ֙תָה֙hagivatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.here: the Gibeah towards
- Judges 20:5הַגִּבְעָ֔הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.here: the Gibeah
- Judges 20:9לַגִּבְעָ֑הlagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.here: to the Gibeah
- Judges 20:13בַּגִּבְעָה֙bagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.here: [are] in the Gibeah
- Judges 20:14הַגִּבְעָ֑תָהhagivatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.here: the Gibeah towards
- Judges 20:15הַגִּבְעָה֙hagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.here: the Gibeah
- Judges 20:19הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ פhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.here: the Gibeah
- Judges 20:20הַגִּבְעָֽה׃hagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took up their battle positions at Gibeah.here: the Gibeah
- Judges 20:21הַגִּבְעָ֑הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.here: the Gibeah
- Judges 20:25הַגִּבְעָה֮hagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.here: the Gibeah
- Judges 20:29הַגִּבְעָ֖הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.here: the Gibeah
- Judges 20:30הַגִּבְעָ֖הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.here: the Gibeah
- Judges 20:31גִּבְעָ֙תָה֙givatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.here: Gibeah towards
- Judges 20:34לַגִּבְעָ֜הlagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.here: to the Gibeah
- Judges 20:36הַגִּבְעָֽה׃hagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.here: the Gibeah
- Judges 20:37הַגִּבְעָ֑הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.here: the Gibeah
- Judges 20:43הַגִּבְעָ֖הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.here: the Gibeah
1 Samuel12 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 10:5גִּבְעַ֣תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.here: Gibeah of
- 1 Samuel 10:10הַגִּבְעָ֔תָהhagivatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.here: the Gibeah towards
- 1 Samuel 10:26גִּבְעָ֑תָהgivatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.here: Gibeah towards
- 1 Samuel 11:4גִּבְעַ֣תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.here: Gibeah of
- 1 Samuel 13:2בְּגִבְעַ֖תbegivatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.here: at Gibeah of
- 1 Samuel 13:15גִּבְעַ֣תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.here: Gibeah of
- 1 Samuel 14:2הַגִּבְעָ֔הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,here: the Gibeah
- 1 Samuel 14:16בְּגִבְעַ֖תbegivatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,here: at Gibeah of
- 1 Samuel 15:34גִּבְעַ֥תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.here: Gibeah of
- 1 Samuel 22:6בַּגִּבְעָ֜הbagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.here: at the Gibeah
- 1 Samuel 23:19הַגִּבְעָ֖תָהhagivatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?here: the Gibeah towards
- 1 Samuel 26:1הַגִּבְעָ֖תָהhagivatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”here: the Gibeah towards
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 21:6בְּגִבְעַ֥תbegivatpreposition + proper noun (a name)let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.here: at Gibeah of
- 2 Samuel 23:29מִגִּבְעַ֖תmigivatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites,here: from Gibeah of
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Hosea4 occurrences
- Hosea 5:8בַּגִּבְעָ֔הbagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!here: in the Gibeah
- Hosea 9:9הַגִּבְעָ֑הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.here: the Gibeah
- Hosea 10:9הַגִּבְעָ֔הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity?here: the Gibeah
- Hosea 10:9בַּגִּבְעָ֛הbagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity?here: in the Gibeah
Same headword in Strong's