גֶּבַע
Gebaʻ · gheh'-bah
Geba, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H1375 (גְּבִיעַ), a hillock;
Geba, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the house, what is within › to see and know
To carry, to lift up of the house, what is within that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֶּבַע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from geba4 · 21%
- and gaba2 · 11%
- geba2 · 11%
- of geba2 · 11%
- to gibeah1 · 5%
- of gibeah1 · 5%
- that was in geba1 · 5%
- in gibeah1 · 5%
- gibeah1 · 5%
- with them geba1 · 5%
- therewith geba1 · 5%
- and geba1 · 5%
- at geba1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.