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Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H1391

גִּבְעוֹן

Gibonghib-ohn'

Gibeon

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

Concordance spelling: Gibʻôwn

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1391is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 8 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 26
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1391

Gibon, a place in Palestine

The King James renders it: Gibeon.

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

Gibon is rendered "Gibeon". It stands 38 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.

  • Thirteen of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Joshua 9:3But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-six different ways.

The first use

But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

Joshua 9:3גִבְע֜וֹן

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

Where the word stands

Thirteen of the word's thirty-eight uses are in Joshua.

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

  • Gibeon18
  • at Gibeon8
  • in Gibeon5
  • from Gibeon3
  • and in Gibeon2
  • Gibeon towards2

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

The words it stands beside

All 38, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

26 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

  • בְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃5
  • גִבְע֖וֹן3
  • בְּגִבְע֑וֹן2
  • בְּגִבְע֣וֹן2
  • גִבְע֑וֹן2
  • גִּבְע֔וֹן2
  • גִּבְע֖וֹן2
  • גִּבְעֽוֹן׃2
  • בְּגִבְע֖וֹן1
  • בְּגִבְע֔וֹן1
  • בְּגִבְע֗וֹן1
  • בְּגִבְעוֹן֙1

and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • proper noun (a name)16HNpl
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)16HR/Npl
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)2HC/R/Npl
  • proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2HNpl/Sd
  • proper noun (a name)2HNpm

Joshua

thirteen uses
  • But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

    Joshua 9:3

    • גִבְע֜וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

    Joshua 9:17

    • גִּבְע֣וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.

    Joshua 10:1

    • גִבְעוֹן֙givonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

    Joshua 10:2

    • גִּבְע֔וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • “Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

    Joshua 10:4

    • גִּבְע֑וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

    Joshua 10:5

    • גִּבְע֔וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

    Joshua 10:6

    • גִבְע֨וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

    Joshua 10:10

    • בְּגִבְע֑וֹןbegivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Gibeon
  • On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

    Joshua 10:12

    • בְּגִבְע֣וֹןbegivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Gibeon
  • Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.

    Joshua 10:41

    • גִּבְעֽוֹן׃givonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.

    Joshua 11:19

    • גִבְע֑וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

    Joshua 18:25

    • גִּבְע֥וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,

    Joshua 21:17

    • גִּבְע֖וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon

2 Samuel

six uses
  • One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

    2 Samuel 2:12

    • גִּבְעֽוֹנָה׃givonahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Gibeon towards
  • So Joab son of Zeruiah, along with the servants of David, marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. And the two camps took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.

    2 Samuel 2:13

    • גִּבְע֖וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim.

    2 Samuel 2:16

    • בְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃begivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gibeon
  • 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

    • גִּבְעֽוֹן׃givonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

    2 Samuel 3:30

    • בְּגִבְע֖וֹןbegivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Gibeon
  • And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

    2 Samuel 20:8

    • בְּגִבְע֔וֹןbegivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gibeon

1 Kings

three uses
  • Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.

    1 Kings 3:4

    • גִּבְעֹ֙נָה֙givonahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Gibeon towards
  • One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

    1 Kings 3:5

    • בְּגִבְע֗וֹןbegivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Gibeon
  • the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.

    1 Kings 9:2

    • בְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃begivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Gibeon

1 Chronicles

eight uses
  • And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.

    1 Chronicles 6:60

    • גִּבְעוֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,

    1 Chronicles 8:29

    • וּבְגִבְע֥וֹןuvegivonconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and in Gibeon
    • גִבְע֑וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.

    1 Chronicles 9:35

    • וּבְגִבְע֛וֹןuvegivonconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and in Gibeon
    • גִבְע֖וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

    1 Chronicles 14:16

    • מִגִּבְע֖וֹןmigivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Gibeon
  • And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon

    1 Chronicles 16:39

    • בְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃begivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gibeon
  • For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,

    1 Chronicles 21:29

    • בְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃begivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Gibeon

2 Chronicles

two uses
  • And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

    2 Chronicles 1:3

    • בְּגִבְע֑וֹןbegivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Gibeon
  • So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon before the Tent of Meeting, and he reigned over Israel.

    2 Chronicles 1:13

    • בְּגִבְעוֹן֙begivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Gibeon

Nehemiah

two uses
  • Next to them, repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates.

    Nehemiah 3:7

    • גִבְע֖וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon
  • the descendants of Gibeon, 95;

    Nehemiah 7:25

    • גִבְע֖וֹןgivonproper noun (a name)tagged: Gibeon

Isaiah

one use
  • For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.

    Isaiah 28:21

    • בְּגִבְע֣וֹןbegivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gibeon

Jeremiah

three uses
  • In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:

    Jeremiah 28:1

    • מִגִּבְעוֹן֙migivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Gibeon
  • they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.

    Jeremiah 41:12

    • בְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃begivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Gibeon
  • Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.

    Jeremiah 41:16

    • מִגִּבְעֽוֹן׃migivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Gibeon

The letters

Gematria 131· 781 mispar gadol

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.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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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