גִּבְעוֹן
Gibʻôwn · ghib-ohn'
Gibon, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H1387 (גֶּבַע); hilly;
Gibon, 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: Gibeon.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the house, what is within › to see and know › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To carry, to lift up of the house, what is within that works to see and know that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גִּבְעוֹן 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
38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of gibeon11 · 30%
- gibeon3 · 8%
- at gibeon3 · 8%
- that was at gibeon3 · 8%
- to gibeon2 · 5%
- which is in gibeon2 · 5%
- from gibeon2 · 5%
- were gibeon1 · 3%
- because gibeon1 · 3%
- before gibeon1 · 3%
- upon gibeon1 · 3%
- even unto gibeon1 · 3%
- in gibeon1 · 3%
- unto him at gibeon1 · 3%
- and at gibeon1 · 3%
- and in gibeon1 · 3%
- which was of gibeon1 · 3%
- that are in gibeon1 · 3%
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.