Strong's Hebrew: 1389. גִּבְעָה (gibah) -- Hill, hillock, height

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gibah: Hill, hillock, height

Original Word: גִּבְעָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: gib`ah
Pronunciation: ghib-aw'
Phonetic Spelling: (ghib-aw')
Definition: Hill, hillock, height
Meaning: a hillock

Word Origin: From the root גָּבַע (gābaʿ), meaning "to be high" or "to be exalted."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for "gibah" is "ὄρος" (oros), meaning "mountain" or "hill."

Usage: The Hebrew word "gibah" primarily refers to a hill or a small elevation of land. It is often used in the Old Testament to describe geographical features and sometimes metaphorically to denote a place of significance or prominence. In the context of ancient Israel, hills were often sites of cities, altars, and significant events.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, hills were strategically important for defense and were often chosen as sites for cities and fortresses. They also held religious significance, as high places were commonly used for worship, both in the worship of Yahweh and in pagan practices. The topography of the land of Israel, with its many hills and valleys, made these features prominent in the daily life and spiritual practices of the people.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
fem. from the same as Geba
Definition
a hill
NASB Translation
Gibeath-haaraloth* (1), hill (30), hills (39).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. גִּבְעָה noun feminine hill — absolute גִּבְעָה 2 Samuel 2:25 13t. + Ezekiel 6:13 (strike out Co q. v.) 1 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 6:3,4 (compare Dr); construct גִּבְעַת Joshua 5:3 8t. + 1 Samuel 10:5 (compare Dr); suffix גִּבְעָתִי Ezekiel 34:26 (but strike out Co), גִּבְעָתָהּ Isaiah 31:4; plural absolute גְּבָעוֺת Deuteronomy 12:2 35t.; construct גִּבְעוֺת Deuteronomy 33:15; Habakkuk 3:6, גִּבְעֹת Genesis 49:26; suffix גִּבְעוֺתֶיךָ Ezekiel 35:8; — hill, height, elevation, both high and low, compare Psalm 148:9 ההרים וכל גבעות, Psalm 65:13; —

1 in ordinary prose, hill, lower than mountain Exodus 17:9,10 (E) 2 Samuel 2:25; it may be proper name in 1 Samuel 7:1; 1 Samuel 10:10; 2 Samuel 6:3,4 see also below II. גִּבְעָה.

2 especially as place of illicit worship גְּבֹהָה ותחת כל עץ רענן ׳עַל כָּלגֿ 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:10; Jeremiah 2:20; compare Deuteronomy 12:2; 2 Kings 16:4; 2Chronicles 28:4 (these two + במות); also Hosea 4:13; Jeremiah 13:27; Jeremiah 17:2; Ezekiel 6:13 (see above).

3 very commonly "" הר in poetry & prophets Deuteronomy 33:15; Psalm 72:3; Psalm 114:4; Psalm 114:6; Psalm 148:9; Songs 2:8; Songs 4:6; Isaiah 2:2,14; Isaiah 30:17,25; Isaiah 31:4; Isaiah 40:4,12; Isaiah 41:15; Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 54:10; Isaiah 55:12; Isaiah 65:7; Jeremiah 3:23; Jeremiah 4:24; Jeremiah 16:16; Jeremiah 50:7; Ezekiel 6:3; Ezekiel 34:6; Ezekiel 35:8; Ezekiel 36:4,6; Hosea 4:13; Hosea 10:8; Joshua 4:18; Amos 9:13; Micah 4:1; Micah 6:1; Nahum 1:5; Habakkuk 3:6; rarely in prose Deuteronomy 12:2; sometimes as high and majestic (poetry) עולם ׳ג Genesis 49:26; Deuteronomy 33:15; Habakkuk 3:6 ('everlasting hills'); compare also Job 15:7; Proverbs 8:25(with adjective high, compare above); see also Jeremiah 49:16.

4 hills with special names, some nearly or quite = proper name, of a location, which see under the respective words: מֹרֶה ׳ג Judges 7:1 teacher's hill, in valley of Jezreel; הָעֲרָלוֺת ׳ג Joshua 5:3 hill of the fore-skins; הָאֱלֹהִים ׳ג 1 Samuel 10:5 (a designation of Gibeah); הַחֲכִילָה ׳ג 1 Samuel 23:19; 1 Samuel 26:1,3; אַמָּה ׳ג 2 Samuel 2:24; הַלְּבוֺנָה ׳ג Songs 4:6 (i.e. hill where frankincense is grown); גָּרֵב֑ ׳ג Jeremiah 31:39; יְרוּשָׁלַם ׳ג Isaiah 10:32; compare Isaiah 31:4 (where "" הַרצִֿיּוֺן), Ezekiel 34:26 (see above) & הַגְּבָעוֺת Zephaniah 1:10 hills on which Jerusalem stands.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

hill, little hill

Feminine from the same as Geba'; a hillock -- hill, little hill.

see HEBREW Geba'

Forms and Transliterations

בְּגִבְעַ֣ת בְּגִבְעַת֙ בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה בַּגִּבְעָ֔ה בגבעה בגבעת גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת גְּבָע֑וֹת גְּבָע֥וֹת גְּבָעוֹת֙ גְבָע֣וֹת גִּבְע֣וֹת גִּבְע֥וֹת גִּבְעַ֖ת גִּבְעַ֣ת גִּבְעָ֑ה גִּבְעָ֔ה גִּבְעָ֖ה גִּבְעָ֞ה גִּבְעָ֣ה גִּבְעָ֨ה גִּבְעָה֙ גִּבְעָתִ֖י גִּבְעָתָֽהּ׃ גִּבְעֹ֣ת גִּבְעוֹתֶ֤יךָ גבעה גבעות גבעותיך גבעת גבעתה׃ גבעתי הַגְּבָע֑וֹת הַגְּבָע֔וֹת הַגְּבָע֖וֹת הַגְּבָע֥וֹת הַגְּבָעֽוֹת׃ הַגְּבָעוֹת֙ הַגִּבְעָ֔ה הַגִּבְעָ֔תָה הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ הגבעה הגבעה׃ הגבעות הגבעות׃ הגבעתה וְ֠לַגְּבָעוֹת וְגִבְעָ֖ה וְהַגְּבָע֖וֹת וְהַגְּבָע֗וֹת וְהַגְּבָעוֹת֙ וְלַגְּבָע֖וֹת וְלַגְּבָע֜וֹת וּ֝גְבָע֗וֹת וּגְבָע֔וֹת וּגְבָע֖וֹת וּמִגְּבָע֖וֹת וגבעה וגבעות והגבעות ולגבעות ומגבעות מִגְּבָע֑וֹת מִגְּבָע֖וֹת מִגִּבְעַ֥ת מֵהַגְּבָעֽוֹת׃ מגבעות מגבעת מהגבעות׃ bag·giḇ·‘āh baggiḇ‘āh baggivAh bə·ḡiḇ·‘aṯ bəḡiḇ‘aṯ begivAt gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ ḡə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ gəḇā‘ōwṯ ḡəḇā‘ōwṯ gevaot giḇ‘āh giḇ‘aṯ giḇ‘āṯāh giḇ‘āṯî giḇ‘ōṯ giḇ‘ōwṯ giḇ‘ōwṯeḵā giḇ·‘ā·ṯāh giḇ·‘ā·ṯî giḇ·‘āh giḇ·‘aṯ giḇ·‘ō·w·ṯe·ḵā giḇ·‘ō·wṯ giḇ·‘ōṯ givAh givAt givaTah givaTi givOt givoTeicha hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ hag·giḇ·‘ā·ṯāh hag·giḇ·‘āh haggəḇā‘ōwṯ haggevaot haggiḇ‘āh haggiḇ‘āṯāh haggivAh haggivAtah mê·hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ mêhaggəḇā‘ōwṯ mehaggevaot mig·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ mig·giḇ·‘aṯ miggəḇā‘ōwṯ miggevaot miggiḇ‘aṯ miggivAt ū·ḡə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ ū·mig·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ ūḡəḇā‘ōwṯ ugevaot ūmiggəḇā‘ōwṯ umiggevaot vegivAh vehaggevaot velaggevaot wə·ḡiḇ·‘āh wə·hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ wə·lag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ wəḡiḇ‘āh wəhaggəḇā‘ōwṯ wəlaggəḇā‘ōwṯ

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Genesis 49:26
HEB: עַֽד־ תַּאֲוַ֖ת גִּבְעֹ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם תִּֽהְיֶ֙ין֙
NAS: of the everlasting hills; May they be on the head
KJV: of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head
INT: Up to the utmost hills of the everlasting may they be on

Exodus 17:9
HEB: עַל־ רֹ֣אשׁ הַגִּבְעָ֔ה וּמַטֵּ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
NAS: on the top of the hill with the staff
KJV: on the top of the hill with the rod
INT: on the top of the hill the staff of God

Exodus 17:10
HEB: עָל֖וּ רֹ֥אשׁ הַגִּבְעָֽה׃
NAS: went up to the top of the hill.
KJV: went up to the top of the hill.
INT: went to the top of the hill

Numbers 23:9
HEB: צֻרִים֙ אֶרְאֶ֔נּוּ וּמִגְּבָע֖וֹת אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ הֶן־
NAS: And I look at him from the hills; Behold,
KJV: I see him, and from the hills I behold
INT: of the rocks see the hills look Behold

Deuteronomy 12:2
HEB: הָֽרָמִים֙ וְעַל־ הַגְּבָע֔וֹת וְתַ֖חַת כָּל־
NAS: mountains and on the hills and under
KJV: mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green
INT: the high and on the hills and under every

Deuteronomy 33:15
HEB: קֶ֑דֶם וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד גִּבְע֥וֹת עוֹלָֽם׃
NAS: of the everlasting hills,
KJV: of the lasting hills,
INT: of the ancient the choice hills of the everlasting

Joshua 5:3
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־ גִּבְעַ֖ת הָעֲרָלֽוֹת׃
NAS: of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
KJV: of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
INT: of Israel at the hill of the foreskins

Joshua 24:33
HEB: וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ בְּגִבְעַת֙ פִּֽינְחָ֣ס בְּנ֔וֹ
KJV: and they buried him in a hill [that pertained to] Phinehas
INT: died buried A hill of Phinehas his son

Judges 7:1
HEB: ל֣וֹ מִצָּפ֔וֹן מִגִּבְעַ֥ת הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה בָּעֵֽמֶק׃
NAS: was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh
KJV: were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh,
INT: become the north the hill of Moreh the valley

1 Samuel 7:1
HEB: בֵּ֥ית אֲבִינָדָ֖ב בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה וְאֶת־ אֶלְעָזָ֤ר
NAS: of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated
KJV: of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified
INT: the house of Abinadab the hill Eleazar his son

1 Samuel 10:5
HEB: כֵּ֗ן תָּבוֹא֙ גִּבְעַ֣ת הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: you will come to the hill of God
KJV: that thou shalt come to the hill of God,
INT: after that will come to the hill of God after

1 Samuel 10:10
HEB: וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ שָׁם֙ הַגִּבְעָ֔תָה וְהִנֵּ֥ה חֶֽבֶל־
NAS: When they came to the hill there,
KJV: And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company
INT: came there to the hill behold A group

1 Samuel 23:19
HEB: בַמְּצָדוֹת֙ בַּחֹ֔רְשָׁה בְּגִבְעַת֙ הַֽחֲכִילָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר
NAS: at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah,
KJV: in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah,
INT: the strongholds Horesh the hill of Hachilah which

1 Samuel 26:1
HEB: דָוִ֤ד מִסְתַּתֵּר֙ בְּגִבְעַ֣ת הַחֲכִילָ֔ה עַ֖ל
NAS: hiding on the hill of Hachilah,
KJV: hide himself in the hill of Hachilah,
INT: David hiding the hill of Hachilah above

1 Samuel 26:3
HEB: וַיִּ֨חַן שָׁא֜וּל בְּגִבְעַ֣ת הַחֲכִילָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֛ר
NAS: camped in the hill of Hachilah,
KJV: pitched in the hill of Hachilah,
INT: camped Saul the hill of Hachilah which

2 Samuel 2:24
HEB: בָּ֚אוּ עַד־ גִּבְעַ֣ת אַמָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֙
NAS: down, they came to the hill of Ammah,
KJV: when they were come to the hill of Ammah,
INT: came against to the hill of Ammah which

2 Samuel 2:25
HEB: עַ֥ל רֹאשׁ־ גִּבְעָ֖ה אֶחָֽת׃
NAS: on the top of a certain hill.
KJV: and stood on the top of an hill.
INT: on the top hill of a certain

2 Samuel 6:3
HEB: אֲבִינָדָ֖ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה וְעֻזָּ֣א וְאַחְי֗וֹ
NAS: which was on the hill; and Uzzah
INT: of Abinadab which the hill and Uzzah and Ahio

2 Samuel 6:4
HEB: אֲבִֽינָדָב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּגִּבְעָ֔ה עִ֖ם אֲר֣וֹן
NAS: which was on the hill; and Ahio
INT: of Abinadab which the hill accompanying the ark

1 Kings 14:23
HEB: עַ֚ל כָּל־ גִּבְעָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה וְתַ֖חַת
NAS: on every high hill and beneath every
KJV: on every high hill, and under every green
INT: on every hill high and beneath

2 Kings 16:4
HEB: בַּבָּמ֖וֹת וְעַל־ הַגְּבָע֑וֹת וְתַ֖חַת כָּל־
NAS: on the high places and on the hills and under
KJV: in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green
INT: the high and on the hills and under every

2 Kings 17:10
HEB: עַ֚ל כָּל־ גִּבְעָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה וְתַ֖חַת
NAS: on every high hill and under every
KJV: in every high hill, and under every green
INT: on every hill high and under

2 Chronicles 28:4
HEB: בַּבָּמ֖וֹת וְעַל־ הַגְּבָע֑וֹת וְתַ֖חַת כָּל־
NAS: on the high places, on the hills and under
KJV: in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green
INT: the high on the hills and under every

Job 15:7
HEB: תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃
NAS: before the hills?
KJV: or wast thou made before the hills?
INT: to be born before hill brought

Psalm 65:12
HEB: מִדְבָּ֑ר וְ֝גִ֗יל גְּבָע֥וֹת תַּחְגֹּֽרְנָה׃
NAS: drip, And the hills gird
KJV: of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice
INT: of the wilderness rejoicing and the hills gird