Gebeʼ — H1360

Definition

masculine noun

a reservoir; by analogy, a marsh

1. cistern, pool
1. cistern
2. pool, marsh

Usually translated as

pit, marish

Origin

from an unused root meaning probably to collect

Occurrences

Gebeʼ occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Isaiah 30:14 — And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit (מִגֶּֽבֶא).
• Ezekiel 47:11 — But the miry places thereof (וּגְבָאָ֛יו) and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.