The meaning of “גִּבְעָה”
Understanding gibʻâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
feminine from the same as גֶּבַע hill, little hill. - a hillock 1) hill 1a) hill (lower than a mountain) 1b) as a place ...
גִּבְעָה
feminine from the same as גֶּבַע hill, little hill. - a hillock 1) hill 1a) hill (lower than a mountain) 1b) as a place of illicit worship 1c) poetic for mountain 1d) used in place names
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 49:26 | “The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.” Word: גִּבְעָה (gibʻâh) | |
| Judges 7:1 | “Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.” Word: גִּבְעָה (gibʻâh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 28:4 | “He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.” Word: גִּבְעָה (gibʻâh) | |
| Isaiah 40:4 | “Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:” Word: גִּבְעָה (gibʻâh) | |
| Amos 9:13 | “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.” Word: גִּבְעָה (gibʻâh) |
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