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גִּבְעָה
gibʻâh · Hebrew · Strong's H1389 · 71 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “hill”
What it means
a hillock
feminine from the same as H1387 (גֶּבַע);
How the KJV renders it
hill, little hill
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Where it appears
71 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Kings 14:23 · HNcfsa
For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
1 Samuel 7:1 · HRd/Ncfsa
The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took Yahweh’s ark, and brought it into Abinadab’s house on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep Yahweh’s ark.
1 Samuel 10:5 · HNcfsc
“After that you will come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is; and it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a lute, a tambourine, a pipe, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying.
1 Samuel 10:10 · HTd/Np/Sd
When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.
1 Samuel 23:19 · HR/Ncfsc
Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
1 Samuel 26:1 · HR/Ncfsc
The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?”
1 Samuel 26:3 HR/Ncfsc2 Chronicles 28:4 HTd/Ncfpa2 Kings 16:4 HTd/Ncfpa2 Kings 17:10 HNcfsa2 Samuel 2:24 HNcfsc2 Samuel 2:25 HNcfsa2 Samuel 6:3 HRd/Ncfsa2 Samuel 6:4 HRd/NcfsaAmos 9:13 HTd/NcfpaDeuteronomy 12:2 HTd/NcfpaDeuteronomy 33:15 HNcfpcExodus 17:9 HTd/NcfsaExodus 17:10 HTd/NcfsaEzekiel 6:3 HC/Rd/NcfpaEzekiel 6:13 HNcfsaEzekiel 20:28 HNcfsaEzekiel 34:6 HNcfsaEzekiel 34:26 HNcfsc/Sp1csEzekiel 35:8 HNcfpc/Sp2msEzekiel 36:4 HC/Rd/NcfpaEzekiel 36:6 HC/Rd/NcfpaGenesis 49:26 HNcfpcHabakkuk 3:6 HNcfpcHosea 4:13 HTd/NcfpaHosea 10:8 HC/Rd/NcfpaIsaiah 2:2 HR/NcfpaIsaiah 2:14 HTd/NcfpaIsaiah 10:32 HNcfscIsaiah 30:17 HTd/NcfsaIsaiah 30:25 HNcfsaIsaiah 31:4 HNcfsc/Sp3fsIsaiah 40:4 HC/NcfsaIsaiah 40:12 HC/NcfpaIsaiah 41:15 HC/NcfpaIsaiah 42:15 HC/NcfpaIsaiah 54:10 HC/Td/NcfpaIsaiah 55:12 HC/Td/NcfpaIsaiah 65:7 HTd/NcfpaJudges 7:1 HR/NcfscJeremiah 2:20 HNcfsaJeremiah 3:23 HR/NcfpaJeremiah 4:24 HTd/NcfpaJeremiah 13:27 HNcfpaJeremiah 16:16 HNcfsaJeremiah 17:2 HNcfpaJeremiah 31:39 HNcfscJeremiah 49:16 HNcfsaJeremiah 50:6 HNcfsaJob 15:7 HNcfpaJoel 3:18 HC/Td/NcfpaJoshua 5:3 HNcfscJoshua 24:33 HR/NcfscMicah 4:1 HR/NcfpaMicah 6:1 HTd/Ncfpa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.