גִּבְעֹנִיGibʻônîy

always with article (Nehemiah 3:7; 1 Chronicles 12:4; 2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 21:2; 2 Samuel 21:3)

Pronunciation: ghib-o-nee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1393

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 21:1 There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the Lord about it. And the Lord said, “The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”
  • 2 Samuel 21:2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal for Israel and Judah, had tried to wipe them out.
  • 2 Samuel 21:3 David asked them, “What can I do for you? How can I make amends so that you will bless the Lord’s people again?”
  • 2 Samuel 21:4 “Well, money can’t settle this matter between us and the family of Saul,” the Gibeonites replied. “Neither can we demand the life of anyone in Israel.” “What can I do then?” David asked. “Just tell me and I will do it for you.”
  • 2 Samuel 21:9 The men of Gibeon executed them on the mountain before the Lord. So all seven of them died together at the beginning of the barley harvest.
  • 1 Chronicles 12:4 Ishmaiah from Gibeon, a famous warrior and leader among the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad from Gederah;
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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).