STRONGS NUMBER H1387


Word Summary
Geba: a Levitical city of Benjamin
Original Word: גֶּבַע
Transliteration: Geba
Phonetic Spelling: (gheh'-bah)
Part of Speech: proper name, of a location
Short Definition: a Levitical city of Benjamin
Meaning: Geba -- a Levitical city of Benjamin
Strong's Concordance
Gaba, Geba, Gibeah

From the same as gbiya', a hillock; Geba, a place in Palestine -- Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.

see HEBREW gbiya'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1387. Geba

גֶּ֫בַעproper name, of a location׳ג‎ absolute Joshua 21:17 +; construct Judges 20:10 +; גָּ֑בַעJoshua 18:24 +; — Levitical city, in Benjamin 21:17 = 1 Chronicles 6:45; Joshua 18:24 compare 1 Chronicles 8:6; 1 Kings 15:22; Nehemiah 11:31; also 1 Samuel 13:16 & Judges 20:10, 33 ᵑ0‎, in all three read גִּבְעָה (גִּבְעַת)‎, compare context; — northernmost city in kingdom of Judah 2 Kings 23:8 from Geba to Beersheba, compare Zechariah 14:10; situated south of pass of Michmash Isaiah 10:29; 1 Samuel 14:5 compare 13:3; mentioned also 2 Chronicles 16:6; Ezra 2:26; Nehemiah 7:30; 12:29; in 1 Samuel 13:18 ᵐ5‎ We Dr read הַגֶּבַע‎ for גְּבוּל ᵑ0‎ q. v.; (2 Samuel 5:25 read גבעון‎ with ᵐ5‎ and 1 Chronicles 14:16). — Modern Jeba` RobBR i. 440 f. BdPal 120.