King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1389
Transliteration: gibah
Phonetic Spelling: (ghib-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a hill
Meaning: a hillock
Word Summary
gibah: a hill
Original Word: גִּבְעָהTransliteration: gibah
Phonetic Spelling: (ghib-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a hill
Meaning: a hillock
Strong's Concordance
hill, little hill Feminine from the same as Geba'; a hillock -- hill, little hill.
see HEBREW Geba'
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1389. gibah
I. גִּבְעָה noun feminine hill — absolute גִּבְעָה 2 Samuel 2:25 13t. + Ezekiel 6:13 (strike out Co q. v.) 1 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 6:3-4, (compare Dr); construct גִּבְעַת Joshua 5:3 8t. + 1 Samuel 10:5 (compare Dr); suffix גִּבְעָתִי Ezekiel 34:26 (but strike out Co), גִּבְעָתָהּ Isaiah 31:4; plural absolute גְּבָעוֺת Deuteronomy 12:2 35t.; construct גִּבְעוֺת 33:15; Habakkuk 3:6, גִּבְעֹת Genesis 49:26; suffix גִּבְעוֺתֶיךָ Ezekiel 35:8; — hill, height, elevation, both high and low, compare Psalm 148:9 גבעות וכל ההרים, 65:13; —
1 in ordinary prose, hill, lower than mountain Exodus 17:9-10, (E) 2 Samuel 2:25; it may be proper name in 1 Samuel 7:1; 10:10; 2 Samuel 6:3-4, see also below II. גִּבְעָה.
2 especially as place of illicit worship כָּלגֿ ׳עַל רענן עץ כל ותחת גְּבֹהָה 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:10; Jeremiah 2:20; compare Deuteronomy 12:2; 2 Kings 16:4; 2 Chronicles 28:4 (these two + במות); also Hosea 4:13; Jeremiah 13:27; 17:2; Ezekiel 6:13 (see above).
3 very commonly "" הר in poetry & prophets Deuteronomy 33:15; Psalm 72:3; 114:4; 114:6; 148:9; Song of Solomon 2:8; 4:6; Isaiah 2:2, 14; 30:17, 25; 31:4; 40:4, 12; 41:15; 42:15; 54:10; 55:12; 65:7; Jeremiah 3:23; 4:24; 16:16; 50:7; Ezekiel 6:3; 34:6; 35:8; 36:4, 6; Hosea 4:13; 10:8; Joshua 4:18; Amos 9:13; Micah 4:1; 6:1; Nahum 1:5; Habakkuk 3:6; rarely in prose Deuteronomy 12:2; sometimes as high and majestic (poetry) ׳ג עולם Genesis 49:26; Deuteronomy 33:15; Habakkuk 3:6 ('everlasting hills'); compare also Job 15:7; Proverbs 8:25(with adjective high, compare above); see also Jeremiah 49:16.
4 hills with special names, some nearly or quite = proper name, of a location, which see under the respective words: ׳ג מֹרֶה Judges 7:1 teacher's hill, in valley of Jezreel; ׳ג הָעֲרָלוֺת Joshua 5:3 hill of the fore-skins; ׳ג הָאֱלֹהִים 1 Samuel 10:5 (a designation of Gibeah); ׳ג הַחֲכִילָה 23:19; 26:1, 3; ׳ג אַמָּה 2 Samuel 2:24; ׳ג הַלְּבוֺנָה Song of Solomon 4:6 (i.e. hill where frankincense is grown); ׳ג גָּרֵב֑ Jeremiah 31:39; ׳ג יְרוּשָׁלַם Isaiah 10:32; compare 31:4 (where "" הַרצִֿיּוֺן), Ezekiel 34:26 (see above) & הַגְּבָעוֺת Zephaniah 1:10 hills on which Jerusalem stands.