גִּבְעָהgibʻâh

hill

Pronunciation: ghib-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1389

Meanings

1. hill, in ordinary prose, lower than mountain (Exodus 17:9; Exodus 17:10; 2 Samuel 2:25)

2. especially as place of illicit worship (1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:10; Jeremiah 2:20)

3. very commonly || הר in poetry & prophets (Deuteronomy 33:15; Psalms 72:3; Psalms 114:4)

4. hills with special names, some nearly or quite = proper name, of a location (Judges 7:1; Joshua 5:3; 1 Samuel 10:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 68 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 49:26 May my fatherly blessings on you surpass the blessings of my ancestors, reaching to the heights of the eternal hills. May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, who is a prince among his brothers.
  • Exodus 17:9 Moses commanded Joshua, “Choose some men to go out and fight the army of Amalek for us. Tomorrow, I will stand at the top of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand.”
  • Exodus 17:10 So Joshua did what Moses had commanded and fought the army of Amalek. Meanwhile, Moses, Aaron, and Hur climbed to the top of a nearby hill.
  • Numbers 23:9 I see them from the cliff tops; I watch them from the hills. I see a people who live by themselves, set apart from other nations.
  • Deuteronomy 12:2 “When you drive out the nations that live there, you must destroy all the places where they worship their gods—high on the mountains, up on the hills, and under every green tree.
  • Deuteronomy 33:15 with the finest crops of the ancient mountains, and the abundance from the everlasting hills;
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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).