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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 31
    spellings

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.

The other 31 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

גִּבּוֹרgibbormighty manUses158
גִּבְעָהgibahGibeath-(elohim)Uses68
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.

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.

    Joshua 15:57

    • 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.

    Joshua 24:33

    • 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.”

    Judges 19:12

    • 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.”

    Judges 19:13

    • 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.

    Judges 19:14

    • 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.

    Judges 19:15

    • 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.

    Judges 19:16

    • 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.

    Judges 20:4

    • 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.

    Judges 20:5

    • 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.

    Judges 20:9

    • 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.

    Judges 20:13

    • 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.

    Judges 20:14

    • 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.

    Judges 20:15

    • הַגִּבְעָה֙hagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
  • The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.

    Judges 20:19

    • 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.

    Judges 20:20

    • 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.

    Judges 20:21

    • 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.

    Judges 20:25

    • הַגִּבְעָה֮hagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
  • So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.

    Judges 20:29

    • 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.

    Judges 20:30

    • 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.

    Judges 20:31

    • 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.

    Judges 20:34

    • 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.

    Judges 20:36

    • 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.

    Judges 20:37

    • 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.

    Judges 20:43

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 10:5

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 10:10

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 10:26

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 11:4

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 13:2

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 13:15

    • 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,

    1 Samuel 14:2

    • 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,

    1 Samuel 14:16

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 15:34

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 22:6

    • 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?

    1 Samuel 23:19

    • 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?”

    1 Samuel 26:1

    • 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.

    2 Samuel 21:6

    • בְּגִבְעַ֥תbegivatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Gibeah of
  • Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites,

    2 Samuel 23:29

    • 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,

    1 Chronicles 11:31

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 13:2

    • 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.

    Isaiah 10:29

    • 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!

    Hosea 5:8

    • 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.

    Hosea 9:9

    • 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?

    Hosea 10:9

    • הַגִּבְעָ֔הhagivahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gibeah
    • בַּגִּבְעָ֛הbagivahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Gibeah

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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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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