Lexical Summary Gilboa: a mountain in Northern Israel Original Word: גִּלְבֹּעַTransliteration: Gilboa Phonetic Spelling: (ghil-bo'-ah) Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: a mountain in Northern Israel Meaning: Gilboa -- a mountain in Northern Israel Strong's Concordance Gilboa From gal and ba'ah; fountain of ebullition; Gilboa, a mountain of Palestine -- Gilboa. see HEBREW gal see HEBREW ba'ah Brown-Driver-Briggs H1533. Gilboa גִּלְבֹּעַ proper name, of a location Gilboa` (derivation unknown), mountain-ridge at southeast end of plain of Jezreel, where Saul & Jonathan were killed; usually with article הַגּ ׳הַר 1 Samuel 31:1, 8; 2 Samuel 1:6; בַּגִּלְבֹּעַ הָרֵי 1:21 (David's lament); ׳בַּגּ alone 1 Samuel 28:4; 2 Samuel 21:12; without article גִּלְבֹּעַ הַר 1 Chronicles 10:1, 8 ("" 1 Samuel 31:1, 8 above); — modern Jebel Fu‡û±a BdPal 244. גֻּלְֹגּלֶת גִּלְגָּל, גַּלְגַּל, see below גלל. גלד (√ of following meaning dubious perhaps compare Ethiopic obducere, inducere; Arabic scourge). |
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