HebrewH1405Noun

גִּבְּתוֹן

gib.b.ton

5Occurrences
H1405Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Gibbethon, a place in Palestine

intensive from H1389 (גִּבְעָה); a hilly spot;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Gibbethon = "mound" a Philistine town in Dan allocated to the Kohathite Levites

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

גִּבְּתוֹן appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
3
Joshua
2

Key Passages

1 Kings 15:27BSB

Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.

1 Kings 16:15BSB

In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,

1 Kings 16:17BSB

Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

Joshua 19:44BSB

Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

Joshua 21:23BSB

From the tribe of Dan they were given Elteke, Gibbethon,

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