Word Study · Strong's H1360 · Hebrew

גֶּבֶא

gebe

geh'-beh

Strong's 1890 spelling: gebeʼ

“a reservoir”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a reservoir; by analogy, a marsh

Rendered in the KJV as

marish, pit.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

וּגְבָאָ֛יו1
מִגֶּֽבֶא׃ פ1

How it is rendered · 2

and marshes its1
from a cistern1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
preposition + noun · masculine singular1

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HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms · 1
HR/Ncmsa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Isaiah1 of 2 · 50%
Ezekiel1 of 2 · 50%

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Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 30:14מִגֶּֽבֶא׃ פmigeve'preposition + noun · masculine singularIt will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”here: from a cistern

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 47:11וּגְבָאָ֛יוugevaavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.here: and marshes its

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