Gilboa — the meaning of the Hebrew name גִּלְבֹּעַ

גִּלְבֹּעַ

Gilbôaʻ · pronounced ghil-bo'-ah · Strong's H1533 · a place

Gilboa means fountain of ebullition.

Built from

גַּל gal (from, H1530) — something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves) open in the lexicon ›

בָּעָה bâʻâh (and, H1158) — to gush over, i.e. to swell open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H1530 and H1158; fountain of ebullition; Gilboa, a mountain of Palestine.

First appearance

1Sam 28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa. (KJV)

Every verse that names Gilboa

8 occurrences in 8 verses — 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles

1Sam 28:41Sam 31:11Sam 31:82Sam 1:62Sam 1:212Sam 21:121Chr 10:11Chr 10:8

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