Gebaʻ — H1387

H1387 · Hebrew — גבע

Pronunciation: gheh'-bah

Definition

locative proper noun

Geba, a place in Palestine

  1. Gaba or Geba or Gibeah = "hill"
  2. a city in Benjamin, modern 'Jeba', which stands on the top of a steep terraced hill, six miles or ten kilometres north east of Jerusalem and three miles or five kilometres from Gibeah, on the edge of the Wadi Suweinit looking northward to the opposite village of ancient Michmash, modern 'Mukhmas'

Usually translated as

Geba, Gibeah, Gaba

Origin

from the same as H1375, a hillock

Occurrences

Gebaʻ occurs 18 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (2), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (3), Isaiah (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — G