גֶּבַע

Strong’s Definition

Geba, a place in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

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

KJV Usage

Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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'

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Gebaʻ; Pronunciation: gheh'-bah