גֶּ֫בַע

Joshua 18:24 וָגָ֑בַע and Geba

Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.

Here: 'Geba' means 'hill'. This is the well-known Benjamite town (modern Jabaʿ) on the north-eastern edge of the hill country, facing Michmash across a ravine. The form gavaʿ is how the name is spelled at a pause in the reading, which is why KJV and YLT have 'Gaba'.

Joshua 21:17 גֶּ֖בַע Geba

And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,

Here: "Hill": a town usually identified with modern Jabaʿ, about 9 km northeast of Jerusalem, on the edge of the wilderness. It later marked the northern limit of Judah ("from Geba to Beersheba," 2 Kings 23:8). It should not be confused with Gibeah, Saul's town, whose name comes from the same root.

Judges 20:10 לְגֶ֣בַע to Geba

We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”

Judges 20:33 גָֽבַע׃ Geba

So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.

1 Samuel 13:3 בְּגֶ֔בַע [was] at Geba

Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

1 Samuel 13:16 בְּגֶ֣בַע in Geba

Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

1 Samuel 14:5 גָּֽבַע׃ ס Geba

One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.

2 Samuel 5:25 מִגֶּ֖בַע from Geba

So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

Here: 'From Geba.' This is the starting point of the pursuit in the Hebrew text. Geba was a Benjaminite town north of Jerusalem. The Greek translation and 1 Chronicles 14:16 instead have 'Gibeon', a few miles to the west (see textual notes).

1 Kings 15:22 גֶּ֥בַע Geba

Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.

2 Kings 23:8 מִגֶּ֖בַע from Geba

Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.

1 Chronicles 6:60 גֶּ֤בַע Geba

And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.

1 Chronicles 8:6 גֶ֔בַע Geba

These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:

2 Chronicles 16:6 גֶּ֖בַע Geba

Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.

Ezra 2:26 וָגָ֔בַע and Geba

the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

Nehemiah 7:30 וָגָ֔בַע and Geba

the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

Here: Geba, a Benjaminite town (usually placed at modern Jabaʿ) a few kilometres east of Ramah, facing Michmash across a ravine. Its name also means "hill." Ramah and Geba are counted together as one group of 621.

Nehemiah 11:31 מִגָּ֑בַע [were] from Geba

The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;

Nehemiah 12:29 גֶּ֖בַע Geba

from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.

Here: Geba ('hill'), a town of Benjamin about 9–10 km north-east of Jerusalem (modern Jaba'). It had been set aside as a Levite town (Joshua 21:17).

Isaiah 10:29 גֶּ֖בַע Geba

They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.

Zechariah 14:10 מִגֶּ֣בַע from Geba

All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.

Here: 'From Geba', a town of Benjamin a few miles north-northeast of Jerusalem. It traditionally marked Judah's northern limit (2 Kings 23:8).