גִּבְעוֹן

Strong’s Definition

Gibon, a place in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

from the same as H1387 (גֶּבַע); hilly;

KJV Usage

Gibeon.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.a levitical city of benjamin, modern 'el-jib', which lies 5 miles or 8 km from jerusalem

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Gibʻôwn; Pronunciation: ghib-ohn'