Giblîy — H1382

Definition

adjective

a Gebalite, or inhabitant of Gebal

1. Giblites = "a boundary"
2. inhabitants of Gebal

Usually translated as

Giblites, stone-squarer

Origin

; patrial from H1380

• Derived from Gᵉbal (H1380)

Occurrences

Giblîy occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), 1 Kings (1)

• Joshua 13:5 — And the land of the Giblites (הַגִּבְלִ֗י), and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
• 1 Kings 5:18 — And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers (וְהַגִּבְלִ֑ים): so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.