Lexical Summary Geba: a Levitical city of Benjamin Original Word: גֶּבַעTransliteration: Geba Phonetic Spelling: (gheh'-bah) Part of Speech: proper name, of a location Short Definition: a Levitical city of Benjamin Meaning: Geba -- a Levitical city of Benjamin Strong's Concordance Gaba, Geba, Gibeah From the same as gbiya', a hillock; Geba, a place in Palestine -- Gaba, Geba, Gibeah. see HEBREW gbiya' Brown-Driver-Briggs H1387. Geba גֶּ֫בַע proper name, of a location — ׳ג absolute Joshua 21:17 +; construct Judges 20:10 +; גָּ֑בַע Joshua 18:24 +; — Levitical city, in Benjamin 21:17 = 1 Chronicles 6:45; Joshua 18:24 compare 1 Chronicles 8:6; 1 Kings 15:22; Nehemiah 11:31; also 1 Samuel 13:16 & Judges 20:10, 33 ᵑ0, in all three read גִּבְעָה (גִּבְעַת), compare context; — northernmost city in kingdom of Judah 2 Kings 23:8 from Geba to Beersheba, compare Zechariah 14:10; situated south of pass of Michmash Isaiah 10:29; 1 Samuel 14:5 compare 13:3; mentioned also 2 Chronicles 16:6; Ezra 2:26; Nehemiah 7:30; 12:29; in 1 Samuel 13:18 ᵐ5 We Dr read הַגֶּבַע for גְּבוּל ᵑ0 q. v.; (2 Samuel 5:25 read גבעון with ᵐ5 and 1 Chronicles 14:16). — Modern Jeba` RobBR i. 440 f. BdPal 120. |
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