givon · Gibeon

What it means

givon (גִּבְעוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Gibeon”.

A Hivite city northwest of Jerusalem whose inhabitants made a covenant with Israel. The name comes from "hill."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• Gibeon

  Today: al-Jib (Gibeon), West Bank

  A city about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Jerusalem.

  Its people tricked Joshua into making peace with Israel (Josh 9:3-15). When Joshua defended them, the sun stood still (Josh 10:12). Solomon offered sacrifices there (1 Kgs 3:4).

  Joshua 9:3Joshua 10:121 Kings 3:4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Joshua×13
• 2 Samuel×6
• 1 Kings×3
• 1 Chronicles×7
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Nehemiah×2
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×3

• Joshua 9:3

  But the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,

• Joshua 9:17

  The sons of Israel set out and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

• Joshua 10:1

  And it came about, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and devoted it to destruction —as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king— and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,

• Joshua 10:2

  they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the cities of the kingdom, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty men.

• Joshua 10:4

  “Come up to me and help me, and let us strike Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and with the sons of Israel.”

• Joshua 10:5

  So they gathered and went up, the five kings of the Amorite, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, they and all their camps, and camped against Gibeon and fought against it.

• Joshua 10:6

  The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Do not let your hands go from your servants. Come up to us quickly, save us, and help us, for all the kings of the Amorite who live in the hill country have gathered against us.”

• Joshua 10:10

  And YHWH threw them into confusion before Israel, and he struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and pursued them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and as far as Makkedah.

• Joshua 10:12

  Then Joshua spoke to YHWH on the day when YHWH gave up the Amorite before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the valley of Aijalon.”

• Joshua 10:41

  And Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea as far as Gaza, and all the land of Goshen as far as Gibeon.

• Joshua 11:19

  There was not a city that made peace with the sons of Israel except the Hivite, the inhabitants of Gibeon; all they took in battle.

• Joshua 18:25

  Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

• Joshua 21:17

  And from the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,

• 2 Samuel 2:12

  Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

• 2 Samuel 2:13

  And Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon together; and they sat down, these on this side of the pool and those on that side of the pool.

• 2 Samuel 2:16

  And each one seized his companion by the head and thrust his sword into the side of his companion, and they fell together. And they called that place Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

• 2 Samuel 2:24

  Joab and Abishai pursued Abner; and the sun was going down when they came as far as the hill of Ammah, which is opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

• 2 Samuel 3:30

  So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had put to death Asahel their brother at Gibeon in the battle.

• 2 Samuel 20:8

  They were at the great stone that is in Gibeon, and Amasa came before them. Joab was girded with the garment he wore, and over it was a belt with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went out, it fell out.

• 1 Kings 3:4

  And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; a thousand burnt offerings Solomon offered on that altar.

• 1 Kings 3:5

  At Gibeon YHWH appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and Elohim said, “Ask what I shall give you.”

• 1 Kings 9:2

  that YHWH appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

• 1 Chronicles 8:29

  And in Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maacah;

• 1 Chronicles 9:35

  And in Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and the name of his wife was Maacah;

• 1 Chronicles 14:16

  David did as Elohim had commanded him, and they struck the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer.

• 1 Chronicles 16:39

  and Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests he left before the dwelling of YHWH at the high place that was at Gibeon,

• 1 Chronicles 21:29

  Now the dwelling of YHWH, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time at the high place at Gibeon;

• 2 Chronicles 1:3

  Then Solomon and all the assembly with him went to the high place that was at Gibeon, for there was the tent of meeting of Elohim that Moses, the servant of YHWH, had made in the wilderness.

• 2 Chronicles 1:13

  Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and he reigned over Israel.

• Nehemiah 3:7

  And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, repaired, of the throne of the governor of the other side of the river.

• Nehemiah 7:25

  the sons of Gibeon, ninety-five;

• Isaiah 28:21

  For as at Mount Perazim YHWH will rise up, as in the valley at Gibeon he will rage, to do his work, strange is his work, and to perform his labor, alien is his labor.

• Jeremiah 28:1

  And it happened in that year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah son of Azzur, the prophet, said to me, who was from Gibeon, in the house of YHWH, before the eyes of the priests and of all the people, saying:

• Jeremiah 41:12

  and they took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and they found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

• Jeremiah 41:16

  Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the chiefs of the forces who were with him took all the remnant of the people whom he had brought back from Ishmael son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam: men, men of war, and women and little ones and court officials, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.

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