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גֶּבַע H1387

H1387 is the Hebrew word גֶּבַע, transliterated Gebaʻ and said gheh'-bah. The King James Version most often renders it geba.

Word: גֶּבַעTransliteration: GebaʻSaid: gheh'-bahLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 18 verses

What it means

Geba, a place in Palestine.

Where it comes from

from the same as H1375 (גְּבִיעַ), a hillock.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 18 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

geba 12×gibeah 3×gaba 2×therewith geba 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.

Verses using גֶּבַע

All 18 verses, quoted in full.

Joshua 18:24 · KJV

And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

Joshua 21:17 · KJV

And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

Judges 20:10 · KJV

And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

1 Samuel 13:3 · KJV

And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

1 Samuel 13:16 · KJV

And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

1 Samuel 14:5 · KJV

The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.

2 Samuel 5:25 · KJV

And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

1 Kings 15:22 · KJV

Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

2 Kings 23:8 · KJV

And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.

1 Chronicles 6:60 · KJV

And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

1 Chronicles 8:6 · KJV

And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:

2 Chronicles 16:6 · KJV

Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

Ezra 2:26 · KJV

The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

Nehemiah 7:30 · KJV

The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

Nehemiah 11:31 · KJV

The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages,

Nehemiah 12:29 · KJV

Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

Isaiah 10:29 · KJV

They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

Zechariah 14:10 · KJV

All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1387 mean?

H1387 is the Hebrew word גֶּבַע (Gebaʻ), meaning Geba, a place in Palestine.

How is H1387 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it geba (12 times), gibeah (3 times), gaba (2 times), therewith geba (1 time).

How many times does H1387 appear in the Bible?

גֶּבַע (Gebaʻ) is tagged in 18 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1387 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from the same as H1375 (גְּבִיעַ), a hillock.

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