Gilbôaʻ — H1533

Definition

locative proper noun

Gilboa, a mountain of Palestine

1. Gilboa = "swollen heap"
2. a mountain-ridge at the southeastern end of the plain of Jezreel, site of the death of Saul and Jonathan

Usually translated as

Gilboa

Origin

from H1530 and H1158; fountain of ebullition

• Derived from Gal (H1530)
• Derived from Bâʻâh (H1158)

Occurrences

Gilbôaʻ occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (2)

• 1 Samuel 28:4 — And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa (בַּגִּלְבֹּֽעַ).
• 1 Samuel 31:1 — Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa (הַגִּלְבֹּֽעַ).
• 1 Samuel 31:8 — And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa (הַגִּלְבֹּֽעַ).
• 2 Samuel 1:6 — And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa (הַגִּלְבֹּ֔עַ), behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
• 2 Samuel 1:21 — Ye mountains of Gilboa (בַגִּלְבֹּ֗עַ), let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
• 2 Samuel 21:12 — And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa (בַּגִּלְבֹּֽעַ):
• 1 Chronicles 10:1 — Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa (גִּלְבֹּֽעַ).
• 1 Chronicles 10:8 — And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa (גִּלְבֹּֽעַ).