Strong’s H1389 · Hebrew
גִּבְעָה
gibʻâh
ghib-aw'
Definition
a hillock
Etymology
feminine from the same as H1387 (גֶּבַע);
Where the KJV renders it
- hill
- little hill
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
A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.