Strong’s H1387 · Hebrew

גֶּבַע
Gebaʻ
gheh'-bah

Definition

Geba, a place in Palestine

Etymology

from the same as H1375 (גְּבִיעַ), a hillock;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Gaba
  • Geba
  • Gibeah

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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