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

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