Lexical Definition

‎גֶּבַע‎ Gebaʻ (gheh'-bah) Geba ^N:N--L
from the same as ‎גְּבִיעַ‎, a hillock

Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.

• § Gaba or Geba or Gibeah = "hill"
• Geba, a place in Palestine

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'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גֶּ֫בַע‎ proper name, of a location — ‎׳‎‎ג‎ absolute Josh 21:17 +; construct Judg 20:10 +; ‎גָּ֑בַע‎ Josh 18:24 +; — Levitical city, in Benjamin Josh 21:17 = 1Chr 6:45*; Josh 18:24 compare 1Chr 8:6; 1Kgs 15:22; Neh 11:31 also 1Sam 13:16 & Judg 20:10; Judg 20:33 ᵑ0, in all three read ‎(גִּבְעַת) גִּבְעָה‎, compare context; — northernmost city in kingdom of Judah 2Kgs 23:8 from Geba to Beersheba, compare Zech 14:10 situated south of pass of Michmash Isa 10:29; 1Sam 14:5 compare 1Sam 13:3 mentioned also 2Chr 16:6; Ezra 2:26; Neh 7:30; Neh 12:29 in 1Sam 13:18 ᵐ5 We Dr read ‎הַגֶּבַע‎ for ᵑ0 ‎גְּבוּל‎ q. v.; (2Sam 5:25 read ‎גבעון‎ with ᵐ5 and 1Chr 14:16). — Modern Jeba` Rob^{BR i. 440 f.} Bd^{Pal 120}.

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