גֹּבGôb
גֹּב: proper name [of a location]: see below גבב
Pronunciation: gobe · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1359
Meanings
גֹּב: proper name [of a location]: field of battle with Philistines, site of Gob (si vera lectio) unknown (2 Samuel 21:18; 2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Chronicles 20:4; Joshua 10:33; 1 Chronicles 20:5)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 21:18 After this, there was another battle against the Philistines at Gob. As they fought, Sibbecai from Hushah killed Saph, another descendant of the giants.
- 2 Samuel 21:19 During another battle at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair from Bethlehem killed the brother of Goliath of Gath. The handle of his spear was as thick as a weaver’s beam!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).