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HebrewH1533Noun

גִּלְבֹּעַ

gil.bo.a

8Occurrences
H1533Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Gilboa, a mountain of Palestine

from H1530 (גַּל) and H1158 (בָּעָה); fountain of ebullition;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Gilboa = "swollen heap" a mountain-ridge at the southeastern end of the plain of Jezreel, site of the death of Saul and Jonathan

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

גִּלְבֹּעַ appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
3
2 Samuel
3
1 Chronicles
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:1BSB

Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 10:8BSB

The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 28:4BSB

The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:1BSB

Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:8BSB

The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.