Lexicon
גִּבְעוֹן
giv.on
H1391
N:N--L Hebrew

Gibeon

37
Occurrences
8
Books
Hebrew
Language

giv.on is the proper name of a place identified as a city, a high place, and the setting of journeys, conflict, and worship.

The term consistently functions as a proper place name. The cited verses locate a city and its inhabitants, identify a high place associated with the tent of meeting and sacrifice, and mark sites of travel, battle, water, and territorial description.

Senses in use

  1. Proper name for a place and its sites · dominant

    Tagged as a proper noun throughout, the form identifies the city whose inhabitants made an alliance in Joshua 10:1 and which is described as a large city in Joshua 10:2. It also marks the high place where Solomon went to sacrifice in 1 Kings 3:4, the pool where opposing groups met in 2 Samuel 2:13, and a place associated with the tent of meeting in 2 Chronicles 1:3.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB regularly presents the proper name as “Gibeon,” whether it names a city, a high place, a pool, or a destination. These English descriptions reflect each verse’s wider clause rather than separate renderings of the term.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture