This name belongs to 3 different places in the Bible:
Definition
from the same as H1375, a hillock; Geba, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.
Traditional renderings: Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
19 total
- Joshua 18:24וָגָ֑בַע · and GebaChephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
- Joshua 21:17גֶּ֖בַע · GebaAnd from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
- Judges 20:10לְגֶ֣בַע · to GibeahWe will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
- Judges 20:33גָֽבַע׃ · of GibeahSo all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.
- 1 Samuel 13:3בְּגֶ֔בַע · at GebaThen Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
- 1 Samuel 13:16בְּגֶ֣בַע · in GebaNow Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
- 1 Samuel 14:5גָּֽבַע׃ס · GebaOne cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.
- 2 Samuel 5:25מִגֶּ֖בַע · all the way from GibeonSo David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
- 1 Kings 15:22גֶּ֥בַע · GebaThen King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.
- 2 Kings 23:8מִגֶּ֖בַע · GebaThen Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.
- 1 Chronicles 6:60גֶּ֤בַע · GebaAnd from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.
- 1 Chronicles 8:6גֶ֔בַע · in GebaThese were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:
- 2 Chronicles 16:6גֶּ֖בַע · GebaThen King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.
- Ezra 2:26וָגָ֔בַע · and Geba…the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;
- Nehemiah 7:30וָגָ֔בַע · and Geba…the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;
- Nehemiah 11:31מִגָּ֑בַע · from GebaThe descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
- Nehemiah 12:29גֶּ֖בַע · of Geba…from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 10:29גֶּ֖בַע · at GebaThey have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
- Zechariah 14:10מִגֶּ֣בַע · from GebaAll the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.