1356. geb

Strong's Lexicon

geb: Cistern, pit, reservoir

Original Word: גֵּב
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: geb
Pronunciation: ghev
Phonetic Spelling: (gabe)
Definition: Cistern, pit, reservoir
Meaning: a log, well, cistern

Word Origin: From an unused root meaning to be convex

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 5421 (phrear): A well or pit, often used in the Septuagint to translate "geb."

Usage: The Hebrew word "geb" refers to a cistern or pit, typically used for storing water. In ancient times, these structures were essential for collecting rainwater, especially in arid regions. The term can also metaphorically denote a trap or a place of entrapment.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near East, water was a precious resource, and cisterns were vital for survival, particularly in areas with limited natural water sources. These man-made reservoirs were often hewn out of rock and plastered to prevent leakage. Cisterns were not only practical but also held symbolic significance, representing sustenance and life. However, they could also be places of danger or imprisonment, as seen in various biblical narratives.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [גֵּב] pit, III. [גֵּב] beam, see below גוב.

II. גֵּב noun [masculine] pit, ditch, trench, (Arabic hollow, depression; Syriac cistern) — only plural גֵּבִים Jeremiah 14:3; in 2 Kings 3:16 גבים גבים, i.e. full of ditches; further, cisterns (according to Klo 2 Kings 25:12) Jeremiah 39:10 וִּיגֵבִים (read וְגֵבִים); compare also "" 2 Kings 25:12 (ולגבים Kt, וּלְיוֺגְבִים Qr) = Jeremiah 52:16 (וּלְֹיגְבִים; both with כֹּרְמִים); Klo propose to emend these, so as to read in all וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם כְּרָמִים וְגֵבִים and gave to them vineyards and cisterns; another view in Th; compare further גוב, יגב. — I. גֵּב see below גבה.

III. [גֵּב] noun [masculine] beam, rafter? (Thes below גוב, but meaning & √ dubious), גֵּבִים 1 Kings 6:9; but Lag^{Armen. Stud. § 499, M i. 212; BN 155} reads גֻּבְּדִים (Persian , Armenian γμβεθ) vaulted roofs.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

beam, ditch, pit

From guwb; a log (as cut out); also well or cistern (as dug) -- beam, ditch, pit.

see HEBREW guwb

Forms and Transliterations

גֵּבִ֔ים גֵּבִ֞ים גֵּבִ֥ים ׀ גֵּבִֽים׃ גבים גבים׃ gê·ḇîm gêḇîm geVim

Englishman's Concordance

1 Kings 6:9
HEB: אֶת־ הַבַּ֙יִת֙ גֵּבִ֔ים וּשְׂדֵרֹ֖ת בָּאֲרָזִֽים׃
NAS: the house with beams and planks
KJV: the house with beams and boards
INT: covered the house beams and planks made of cedar

2 Kings 3:16
HEB: הַנַּ֥חַל הַזֶּ֖ה גֵּבִ֥ים ׀ גֵּבִֽים׃
NAS: this valley full of trenches.'
KJV: Make this valley full of ditches.
INT: valley this full full

2 Kings 3:16
HEB: הַזֶּ֖ה גֵּבִ֥ים ׀ גֵּבִֽים׃
NAS: valley full of trenches.'
INT: this full full

Jeremiah 14:3
HEB: בָּ֣אוּ עַל־ גֵּבִ֞ים לֹא־ מָ֣צְאוּ
NAS: They have come to the cisterns and found
KJV: they came to the pits, [and] found
INT: have come unto the cisterns no and found

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1356
4 Occurrences

gê·ḇîm — 4 Occ.