גֶּבֶאgebeʼ

cistern, pool

Pronunciation: geh'-beh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1360

Meanings

1. cistern (Isaiah 30:14)

2. pool, marsh (Ezekiel 47:11)

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 30:14 You will be smashed like a piece of pottery— shattered so completely that there won’t be a piece big enough to carry coals from a fireplace or a little water from the well.”
  • Ezekiel 47:11 But the marshes and swamps will not be purified; they will still be salty.

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).