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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H1389

גִּבְעָה

gibahghib-aw'

Gibeath-(elohim)

68 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: gibʻâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1389is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 47
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1389

a hillock

The King James renders it: hill, little hill.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

gibah is rendered "Gibeath-(elohim)". It stands 68 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-five books.

  • Thirteen of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:26The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
  • The Greek text spells it forty-seven different ways.

The first use

The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

Genesis 49:26גִּבְעֹ֣ת

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the hills10
  • hill9
  • hills7
  • hill of5
  • and hills4
  • and the hills4
  • and to the hills4
  • hills of3
  • on hill of3
  • on the hill3
  • the hill3
  • a hill2

and 10 more, 68 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

גִּבּוֹרgibbormighty manUses158
גִּבְעֹנִיGiboniGibeoniteUses7
גִּבְלִיGibliGebaliteUses2
גִּבֵּןgibbenhumpbackedUses1
גִּבָּרgibbarmightyUses1
גִּבֵּחַgibbeachbaldUses1
גִּבְעֹלgibolbudUses1
גִּבְעָתִיGibathiGibeathiteUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 68, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

47 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • גִּבְעָ֣ה4
  • הַגְּבָע֖וֹת4
  • גִּבְעַ֖ת3
  • בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה2
  • בְּגִבְעַ֣ת2
  • גִּבְעָ֨ה2
  • גְבָע֣וֹת2
  • גְּבָע֥וֹת2
  • גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת2
  • גִּבְעַ֣ת2
  • הַגִּבְעָֽה׃2
  • הַגְּבָע֑וֹת2

and 35 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular11HNcfsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural10HTd/Ncfpa
  • noun · feminine plural8HNcfpa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural4HC/Ncfpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural4HC/Rd/Ncfpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural4HC/Td/Ncfpa
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HR/Ncfsc
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HNcfpc
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural3HR/Ncfpa
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular3HRd/Ncfsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3HTd/Ncfsa

Genesis

one use
  • The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

    Genesis 49:26

    • גִּבְעֹ֣תgivotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hills of

Exodus

two uses
  • So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”

    Exodus 17:9

    • הַגִּבְעָ֔הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the hill
  • Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

    Exodus 17:10

    • הַגִּבְעָֽה׃hagivahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the hill

Numbers

one use
  • For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

    Numbers 23:9

    • וּמִגְּבָע֖וֹתumigevaotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and from hills

Deuteronomy

two uses
  • Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

    Deuteronomy 12:2

    • הַגְּבָע֔וֹתhagevaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the hills
  • with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,

    Deuteronomy 33:15

    • גִּבְע֥וֹתgivotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hills of

Joshua

one use
  • So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

    Joshua 5:3

    • גִּבְעַ֖תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hill of

Judges

one use
  • Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

    Judges 7:1

    • מִגִּבְעַ֥תmigivatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from hill of

1 Samuel

four uses
  • Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.

    1 Samuel 7:1

    • בַּגִּבְעָ֑הbagivahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: on the hill
  • 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?

    1 Samuel 23:19

    • בְּגִבְעַת֙begivatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on hill of
  • Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”

    1 Samuel 26:1

    • בְּגִבְעַ֣תbegivatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on hill of
  • Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,

    1 Samuel 26:3

    • בְּגִבְעַ֣תbegivatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on hill of

2 Samuel

four uses
  • But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

    2 Samuel 2:24

    • גִּבְעַ֣תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hill of
  • The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.

    2 Samuel 2:25

    • גִּבְעָ֖הgivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a hill
  • They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,

    2 Samuel 6:3

    • בַּגִּבְעָ֑הbagivahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: on the hill
  • bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.

    2 Samuel 6:4

    • בַּגִּבְעָ֔הbagivahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: on the hill

1 Kings

one use
  • They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

    1 Kings 14:23

    • גִּבְעָ֣הgivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: hill

2 Kings

two uses
  • And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

    2 Kings 16:4

    • הַגְּבָע֑וֹתhagevaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the hills
  • They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

    2 Kings 17:10

    • גִּבְעָ֣הgivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: hill

2 Chronicles

one use
  • And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

    2 Chronicles 28:4

    • הַגְּבָע֑וֹתhagevaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the hills

Job

one use
  • Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

    Job 15:7

    • גְבָע֣וֹתgevaotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: hills

Psalms

five uses
  • The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.

    Psalms 65:12

    • גְּבָע֥וֹתgevaotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: hills
  • May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.

    Psalms 72:3

    • וּ֝גְבָע֗וֹתugevaotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and hills
  • the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

    Psalms 114:4

    • גְּ֝בָע֗וֹתgevaotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: hills
  • O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?

    Psalms 114:6

    • גְּ֝בָע֗וֹתgevaotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: O hills
  • mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,

    Psalms 148:9

    • גְּבָע֑וֹתgevaotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: hills

Proverbs

one use
  • Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,

    Proverbs 8:25

    • גְבָע֣וֹתgevaotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: hills

Song of Solomon

two uses
  • Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

    Song of Solomon 2:8

    • הַגְּבָעֽוֹת׃hagevaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the hills
  • Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

    Song of Solomon 4:6

    • גִּבְעַ֖תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hill of

Isaiah

thirteen uses
  • In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.

    Isaiah 2:2

    • מִגְּבָע֑וֹתmigevaotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: more than hills
  • against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,

    Isaiah 2:14

    • הַגְּבָע֥וֹתhagevaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the hills
  • Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.

    Isaiah 10:32

    • גִּבְעַ֖תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hill of
  • A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.

    Isaiah 30:17

    • הַגִּבְעָֽה׃hagivahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the hill
  • And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.

    Isaiah 30:25

    • גִּבְעָ֣הgivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: hill
  • For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.

    Isaiah 31:4

    • גִּבְעָתָֽהּ׃givatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: hill its
  • Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.

    Isaiah 40:4

    • וְגִבְעָ֖הvegivahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and hill
  • Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

    Isaiah 40:12

    • וּגְבָע֖וֹתugevaotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and hills
  • Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.

    Isaiah 41:15

    • וּגְבָע֖וֹתugevaotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and hills
  • I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.

    Isaiah 42:15

    • וּגְבָע֔וֹתugevaotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and hills
  • Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

    Isaiah 54:10

    • וְהַגְּבָע֖וֹתvehagevaotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the hills
  • You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

    Isaiah 55:12

    • וְהַגְּבָע֗וֹתvehagevaotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the hills
  • both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”

    Isaiah 65:7

    • הַגְּבָע֖וֹתhagevaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the hills

Jeremiah

nine uses
  • “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

    Jeremiah 2:20

    • גִּבְעָ֞הgivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: hill
  • Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.

    Jeremiah 3:23

    • מִגְּבָע֖וֹתmigevaotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: from hills
  • I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

    Jeremiah 4:24

    • הַגְּבָע֖וֹתhagevaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the hills
  • Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”

    Jeremiah 13:27

    • גְּבָעוֹת֙gevaotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: hills
  • But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.

    Jeremiah 16:16

    • גִּבְעָ֔הgivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: hill
  • Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.

    Jeremiah 17:2

    • גְּבָע֥וֹתgevaotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: hills
  • The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.

    Jeremiah 31:39

    • גִּבְעַ֣תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hill of
  • The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 49:16

    • גִּבְעָ֑הgivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a hill
  • My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

    Jeremiah 50:6

    • גִּבְעָה֙givahnoun · feminine singulartagged: hill

Ezekiel

eight uses
  • You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

    Ezekiel 6:3

    • וְלַגְּבָע֜וֹתvelagevaotconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and to the hills
  • Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

    Ezekiel 6:13

    • גִּבְעָ֨הgivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: hill
  • When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.

    Ezekiel 20:28

    • גִּבְעָ֨הgivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: hill
  • My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’

    Ezekiel 34:6

    • גִּבְעָ֣הgivahnoun · feminine singulartagged: hill
  • I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.

    Ezekiel 34:26

    • גִּבְעָתִ֖יgivatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: hill my
  • I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

    Ezekiel 35:8

    • גִּבְעוֹתֶ֤יךָgivoteikhanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: hills your
  • therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.

    Ezekiel 36:4

    • וְלַגְּבָע֜וֹתvelagevaotconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and to the hills
  • Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.

    Ezekiel 36:6

    • וְ֠לַגְּבָעוֹתvelagevaotconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and to the hills

Hosea

two uses
  • They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

    Hosea 4:13

    • הַגְּבָעוֹת֙hagevaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the hills
  • The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

    Hosea 10:8

    • וְלַגְּבָע֖וֹתvelagevaotconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and to the hills

Joel

one use
  • And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.

    Joel 3:18

    • וְהַגְּבָעוֹת֙vehagevaotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the hills

Amos

one use
  • “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.

    Amos 9:13

    • הַגְּבָע֖וֹתhagevaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the hills

Micah

two uses
  • In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.

    Micah 4:1

    • מִגְּבָע֑וֹתmigevaotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: more than hills
  • Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.

    Micah 6:1

    • הַגְּבָע֖וֹתhagevaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the hills

Nahum

one use
  • The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.

    Nahum 1:5

    • וְהַגְּבָע֖וֹתvehagevaotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the hills

Habakkuk

one use
  • He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

    Habakkuk 3:6

    • גִּבְע֣וֹתgivotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hills of

Zephaniah

one use
  • On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.

    Zephaniah 1:10

    • מֵהַגְּבָעֽוֹת׃mehagevaotpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: from the hills

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