גֶּבַעGebaʻ
proper name [of a location]: Levitical city, in Benjamin (Joshua 21:17; Judges 20:10; Joshua 18:24; 1 Chronicles 6:45; 1 Chronicles 8:6)
Pronunciation: gheh'-bah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1387
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 18:24 Kephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their surrounding villages.
- Joshua 21:17 From the tribe of Benjamin the priests were given the following towns with their pasturelands: Gibeon, Geba,
- Judges 20:10 One-tenth of the men from each tribe will be chosen to supply the warriors with food, and the rest of us will take revenge on Gibeah of Benjamin for this shameful thing they have done in Israel.”
- Judges 20:33 When the main group of Israelite warriors reached Baal-tamar, they turned and took up their positions. Meanwhile, the Israelites hiding in ambush to the west of Gibeah jumped up to fight.
- 1 Samuel 13:3 Soon after this, Jonathan attacked and defeated the garrison of Philistines at Geba. The news spread quickly among the Philistines. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Hebrews, hear this! Rise up in revolt!”
- 1 Samuel 13:16 Saul and Jonathan and the troops with them were staying at Geba in the land of Benjamin. The Philistines set up their camp at Micmash.
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).