Strong's Hebrew · H1387
H1387 Gebaʻ
גֶּבַע
gheh'-bah
Geba
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Gebaʻ appears 19 times in Scripture, including Joshua 18:24 and Judges 20:10. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
Geba, a place in Palestine
In the King James Version
Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.
Derivation
from the same as H1375 (גְּבִיעַ), a hillock;
Appears 19 times in Scripture
“Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!””
“One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.”
“All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.”
“So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.”
“And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,”
“Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.”
“So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.”
“Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.”
“Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.”
“We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
