Gilboa גִּלְבֹּעַ
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| גִּלְבֹּעַ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | gilboa |
| Strong's number | H1533 (H1533H, H1533G) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | (Mount) Gilboa |
| Occurrences | 8 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Samuel (3) |
Gilboa (Hebrew גִּלְבֹּעַ, Strong's H1533) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “(Mount) Gilboa”. It occurs 8 times.
Definition
H1533H: (Mount) Gilboa
Gilboa = "swollen heap"
a mountain-ridge at the southeastern end of the plain of Jezreel, site of the death of Saul and Jonathan
Also named: gil.ad (גִּלְעָד "(Mount )Gilead" H1568K)
a mountain-ridge at the southeastern end of the plain of Jezreel, site of the death of Saul and Jonathan
Also named: gil.ad (גִּלְעָד "(Mount )Gilead" H1568K)
H1533G: Gilboa
§ Gilboa = "swollen heap"
a mountain-ridge at the southeastern end of the plain of Jezreel, site of the death of Saul and Jonathan
a mountain-ridge at the southeastern end of the plain of Jezreel, site of the death of Saul and Jonathan
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | gilboa (8) |
|---|---|
| BSB | gilboa (8) |
Verses
Every verse with Gilboa, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 28:4And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 31:8And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 1:6And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
- 2 Samuel 1:21Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
- 2 Samuel 21:12And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh–gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth–shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 10:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 1 Chronicles 10:8And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).