גִּבְעָה
Gibʻâh · ghib-aw'
Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H1389 (גִּבְעָה);
Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine
- Gibah
- the name of three places 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: Gibeah, the hill.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the house, what is within › to see and know › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up of the house, what is within that works to see and know that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גִּבְעָה 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
45 occurrences · 45 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in gibeah9 · 20%
- to gibeah8 · 18%
- gibeah6 · 14%
- of gibeah6 · 14%
- unto gibeah2 · 5%
- against gibeah2 · 5%
- out of gibeah2 · 5%
- into gibeah1 · 2%
- which are in gibeah1 · 2%
- against them at gibeah1 · 2%
- them out of gibeah1 · 2%
- beside gibeah1 · 2%
- upon gibeah1 · 2%
- part of gibeah1 · 2%
- that was in gibeah1 · 2%
- which was at gibeah1 · 2%
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.