Word Study · Strong's H1382 · Hebrew

גִּבְלִי

Gibli

ghib-lee'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Giblîy

“a Gebalite, or inhabitant of Gebal”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a Gebalite, or inhabitant of Gebal

Rendered in the KJV as

Giblites, stone-squarer.

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

הַגִּבְלִ֗י1
וְהַגִּבְלִ֑ים1

How it is rendered · 2

and the Gebalites1
the Gebalite[s]1

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

How it parses · 2

conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Td/Ngmpa · 1
HTd/Ngmsa · 1

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Joshua1 of 2 · 50%
1 Kings1 of 2 · 50%

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Joshua1 occurrence

Joshua 13:5הַגִּבְלִ֗יhagivlithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.here: the Gebalite[s]

1 Kings1 occurrence

1 Kings 5:18וְהַגִּבְלִ֑יםvehagivlimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.here: and the Gebalites

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