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גִּבְעוֹן H1391
H1391 is the Hebrew word גִּבְעוֹן, transliterated Gibʻôwn and said ghib-ohn'. The King James Version most often renders it gibeon.
What it means
Gibon, a place in Palestine.
Where it comes from
from the same as H1387 (גֶּבַע); hilly.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 34 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Gibeon.
Verses using גִּבְעוֹן
All 32 verses, quoted in full.
Joshua 9:3 · KJV
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
Joshua 9:17 · KJV
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
Joshua 10:1 · KJV
Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
Joshua 10:2 · KJV
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
Joshua 10:4 · KJV
Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
Joshua 10:5 · KJV
Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
Joshua 10:6 · KJV
And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
Joshua 10:10 · KJV
And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
Joshua 10:12 · KJV
Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Joshua 11:19 · KJV
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
Joshua 18:25 · KJV
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
Joshua 21:17 · KJV
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
2 Samuel 2:12 · KJV
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2 Samuel 2:13 · KJV
And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
2 Samuel 2:16 · KJV
And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
2 Samuel 2:24 · KJV
Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
2 Samuel 3:30 · KJV
So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
2 Samuel 20:8 · KJV
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
1 Kings 3:4 · KJV
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
1 Kings 3:5 · KJV
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
1 Kings 9:2 · KJV
That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
1 Chronicles 8:29 · KJV
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah:
1 Chronicles 9:35 · KJV
And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah,
1 Chronicles 14:16 · KJV
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
1 Chronicles 16:39 · KJV
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
1 Chronicles 21:29 · KJV
For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
2 Chronicles 1:3 · KJV
So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles 1:13 · KJV
Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
Nehemiah 3:7 · KJV
And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
Nehemiah 7:25 · KJV
The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
Isaiah 28:21 · KJV
For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
Jeremiah 28:1 · KJV
And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
Common questions
What does Strong's H1391 mean?
H1391 is the Hebrew word גִּבְעוֹן (Gibʻôwn), meaning Gibon, a place in Palestine.
How is H1391 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it gibeon (32 times), because gibeon (1 time), before gibeon (1 time).
How many times does H1391 appear in the Bible?
גִּבְעוֹן (Gibʻôwn) is tagged in 32 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1391 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from the same as H1387 (גֶּבַע); hilly.
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