Gaba — the meaning of the Hebrew name גֶּבַע

גֶּבַע

Gebaʻ · pronounced gheh'-bah · Strong's H1387 · a place · also spelled Geba, Gibeah

Gaba means Geba, a place in Palestine.

Built from

גְּבִיעַ gᵉbîyaʻ (the same as, H1375) — a goblet open in the lexicon ›

from the same as H1375, a hillock; Geba, a place in Palestine.

Josh 18:24 And Chephar–haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: (KJV)

18 occurrences in 18 verses — Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Isaiah, Zechariah

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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