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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - גֶּבַע

גֶּבַע

H1387

Transliteration: Gebaʻ

Pronunciation: gheh'-bah

Definition: Gaba


Original: גּבע

Transliteration: geba‛

Phonetic: gheh'-bah

BDB Definition:

Gaba or Geba or Gibeah = "hill"
  1. a city in Benjamin, modern 'Jeba', which stands on the top of a steep terraced hill, six miles or ten kilometres north east of Jerusalem and three miles or five kilometres from Gibeah, on the edge of the Wadi Suweinit looking northward to the opposite village of ancient Michmash, modern 'Mukhmas'

Origin: from the same as H1375" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1375

TWOT entry: None

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