גִּבְּתוֹןGibbᵉthôwn
proper name [of a location]: Philistine city, assigned to Dan, site unknown (1 Kings 15:27; 1 Kings 16:15; 1 Kings 16:17; Joshua 19:44; Joshua 21:23)
Pronunciation: ghib-beth-one' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1405
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 19:44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
- Joshua 21:23 The following towns and pasturelands were allotted to the priests from the tribe of Dan: Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
- 1 Kings 15:27 Then Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, plotted against Nadab and assassinated him while he and the Israelite army were laying siege to the Philistine town of Gibbethon.
- 1 Kings 16:15 Zimri began to rule over Israel in the twenty-seventh year of King Asa’s reign in Judah, but his reign in Tirzah lasted only seven days. The army of Israel was then attacking the Philistine town of Gibbethon.
- 1 Kings 16:17 So Omri led the entire army of Israel up from Gibbethon to attack Tirzah, Israel’s capital.
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).