Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H1390
גִּבְעָה
Gibahghib-aw'
Gibeah
45 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 H1390is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 31spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1390
Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine
The King James renders it: Gibeah, the 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 "Gibeah". It stands 45 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Twenty-two of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Joshua 15:57Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-one different ways.
The first use
Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.
Joshua 15:57גִּבְעָ֣ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-two of the word's forty-five uses are in Judges.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the Gibeah15
- in the Gibeah6
- Gibeah of5
- the Gibeah towards5
- at Gibeah of4
- Gibeah3
- from Gibeah of2
- Gibeah towards2
- to the Gibeah2
- at the Gibeah1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| גִּבּוֹר | gibbor | mighty man | Uses158 |
| גִּבְעָה | gibah | Gibeath-(elohim) | Uses68 |
| גִּבְעֹנִי | Giboni | Gibeonite | Uses7 |
| גִּבְלִי | Gibli | Gebalite | Uses2 |
| גִּבֵּן | gibben | humpbacked | Uses1 |
| גִּבָּר | gibbar | mighty | Uses1 |
| גִּבֵּחַ | gibbeach | bald | Uses1 |
| גִּבְעֹל | gibol | bud | Uses1 |
| גִּבְעָתִי | Gibathi | Gibeathite | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 45, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
31 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
- הַגִּבְעָ֖ה4
- גִּבְעַ֣ת3
- הַגִּבְעָ֔ה3
- הַגִּבְעָ֑ה3
- בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה2
- בְּגִבְעַ֖ת2
- גִּבְעַ֥ת2
- הַגִּבְעָֽה׃2
- הַגִּבְעָ֖תָה2
- בַגִּבְעָ֖ה1
- בַּגִּבְעָה֙1
- בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה1
and 19 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)15HTd/Npl
- preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)9HRd/Npl
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfsc
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)5HTd/Npl/Sd
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HR/Ncfsc
- proper noun (a name)3HNpl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2HNpl/Sd
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npl
Joshua
two uses
Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.
- גִּבְעָ֣הgivahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeah
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.
- בְּגִבְעַת֙begivatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Gibeah of
Judges
twenty-two uses
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.”
- גִּבְעָֽה׃givahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeah
He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
- בַגִּבְעָ֖הvagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Gibeah
So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
- הַגִּבְעָ֖הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
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.
- בַּגִּבְעָ֑הbagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Gibeah
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.
- בַּגִּבְעָ֑הbagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Gibeah
So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
- הַגִּבְעָ֙תָה֙hagivatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Gibeah towards
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.
- הַגִּבְעָ֔הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.
- לַגִּבְעָ֑הlagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: to the Gibeah
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.
- בַּגִּבְעָה֙bagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Gibeah
And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
- הַגִּבְעָ֑תָהhagivatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Gibeah towards
On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
- הַגִּבְעָה֙hagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.
- הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ פhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took up their battle positions at Gibeah.
- הַגִּבְעָֽה׃hagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
- הַגִּבְעָ֑הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
- הַגִּבְעָה֮hagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.
- הַגִּבְעָ֖הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
- הַגִּבְעָ֖הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
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.
- גִּבְעָ֙תָה֙givatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Gibeah towards
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.
- לַגִּבְעָ֜הlagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: to the Gibeah
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.
- הַגִּבְעָֽה׃hagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.
- הַגִּבְעָ֑הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.
- הַגִּבְעָ֖הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
1 Samuel
twelve uses
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.
- גִּבְעַ֣תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: Gibeah of
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.
- הַגִּבְעָ֔תָהhagivatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Gibeah towards
Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
- גִּבְעָ֑תָהgivatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Gibeah towards
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
- גִּבְעַ֣תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: Gibeah 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.
- בְּגִבְעַ֖תbegivatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at Gibeah 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.
- גִּבְעַ֣תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: Gibeah of
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,
- הַגִּבְעָ֔הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,
- בְּגִבְעַ֖תbegivatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at Gibeah of
Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
- גִּבְעַ֥תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: Gibeah of
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.
- בַּגִּבְעָ֜הbagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Gibeah
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?
- הַגִּבְעָ֖תָהhagivatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Gibeah towards
Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
- הַגִּבְעָ֖תָהhagivatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Gibeah towards
2 Samuel
two uses
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.
- בְּגִבְעַ֥תbegivatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Gibeah of
Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites,
- מִגִּבְעַ֖תmigivatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from Gibeah of
1 Chronicles
one use
Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
- מִגִּבְעַת֙migivatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from Gibeah of
2 Chronicles
one use
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
- גִּבְעָ֑הgivahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeah
Isaiah
one use
They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
- גִּבְעַ֥תgivatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: Gibeah of
Hosea
four uses
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
- בַּגִּבְעָ֔הbagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Gibeah
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
- הַגִּבְעָ֑הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
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?
- הַגִּבְעָ֔הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
- בַּגִּבְעָ֛הbagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Gibeah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
