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18:24 cf. 1 Ch 8: 6, 1 K 15:22 Ne 11:3 1; also 1 S 13:16 & Ju 20:10 , 33 M T, in all three read גִּבְעָה ( גִּבְעַת ), cf. context;—northernmost city in kingdom of Judah 2 K 23:8 from Geba to Beersheba , cf. Zc 14:1 0; situated S. of pass of Michmash Is 10:29 1 S 14:5 cf. 1 S 13: 3; mentioned also 2 Ch 16:6 Ezr 2:26 Ne 7:30 ; 12:29 ; in 1 S 13:18 Ö We Dr read הַגֶּבַע for MT גְּבוּל q.v .; (2 S 5:25 read גבעון with Ö and 1 Ch 14:16 ).—Mod. Jeba‛ Rob BR i. 440 f. Bd Pal 120.

גִּבְעָא S 1388 GK 1495 n.pr.m. a son of Caleb 1 Ch 2:49 .

I. גִּבְעָה S 1389, 1390 TWOT 309a GK 1496, 1497 n.f. hill abs. גִּבְעָה 2 S 2:25 + 13 times + Ez 6:13 ( del. Co q.v .) 1 S 7:1 2 S 6: 3, 4 ( cf. D r); cstr. גִּבְעַת Jos 5:3 + 8 times + 1 S 10:5 ( cf. D r); sf. גִּבְעָתִי Ez 34:26 (but del. C o), גִּבְעָתָהּ Is 31: 4; pl. abs. גְּבָעֹות Dt 12:2 + 35 times; cstr. גִּבְעֹות Dt 33:15 Hb 3: 6, גִּבְעֹת Gn 49:2 6; sf. גִּבְעֹותֶיךָ Ez 35: 8;— hill, height, elevation , both high and low, cf. ψ 148:9 ההרים וכל גבעות , 65:13 ;— 1. in ordinary prose, hill , lower than mountain Ex 17:9 , 10 ( E ) 2 S 2:25 ; it may be n.pr. in 1 S 7:1 ; 10:10 2 S 6: 3, 4 v. also sub II . גִּבְעָה . 2. especially as place of illicit worship עַל כָּל־ג׳ גְּבֹהָה ותחת כל עץ רענן 1 K 14:23 2 K 17:10 Je 2:2 0; cf. Dt 12:2 2 K 16:4 2 Ch 28:4 (these two + במות ); also Ho 4:13 Je 13:2 7; 17:2 Ez 6:13 ( v. supr .). 3. very commonly || הר in poet. & proph. Dt 33:15 ψ 72:3 ; 114:4 , 6 ; 148:9 Ct 2: 8; 4:6 Is 2: 2, 14 ; 30:17 , 25 ; 31:4 ; 40:4 , 12 ; 41:15 ; 42:15 ; 54:10 ; 55:12 ; 65:7 Je 3:2 3; 4:24 ; 16:16 ; 50:7 Ez 6: 3; 34:6 ; 35:8 ; 36:4 , 6 Ho 4:1 3; 10:8 Jo 4:18 Am 9:13 Mi 4: 1; 6:1 Na 1:5 Hb 3: 6; rarely in prose Dt 12:2 ; sometimes as rejoicing ψ 65:13 , majestic (poet.) ג׳ עולם Gn 49:26 Dt 33:15 Hb 3:6 (‘everlasting hills’); cf. also Jb 15:7 ; high Pr 8:25 (with adj. high , cf. supr .) Je 49:16 . 4. hills with special names, some nearly or quite = n.pr.loc ., which see under the respective words: ג׳ הַמֹּורֶה Ju 7:1 teacher’s hill , in valley of Jezreel; ג׳ הָעֲרָלֹות Jos 5:3 hill of the fore-skins; ג׳ הָאֱלֹהִים 1 S 10:5 (a designation of Gibeah); ג׳ הַחֲכִילָה 1 S 23:1 9; 26:1 , 3 ; ג׳ אַמָּה 2 S 2:2 4; ג׳ הַלְּבֹונָה Ct 4:6 (i.e. hill where frankincense is grown); ג׳ גָּרֵ˜ב Je 31:39 ; ג׳ יְרוּשָׁלַם Is 10:32 cf. 31:4 (where || הַר־צִיֹּון ), Ez 34:26 ( v. supr. ) & הַגְּבָעֹות Zp 1:10 hills on which Jerusalem stands.

II . גִּבְעָה S 1389, 1390 TWOT 309a GK 1496, 1497 n.pr.loc. ( hill) ג׳ Jos 15:57 +;

(הַ)גִּבְעָ˜תָה Ju 20:4 + 5 times; גִּבְעַת Jos 18:2 8; cstr. גִּבְעַת 1 S 11:4 + 9 times; abs. always c. art. except Jos 15:57 ; 18:28 Ju 19:1 2; 20:31 1 S


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