geva · Geba

What it means

geva (גֶּבַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Geba”.

A town of Benjamin, later a Levite city. The name means "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.

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Joshua×2
• Judges×1
• 1 Samuel×3
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×2
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Ezra×1
• Nehemiah×3
• Isaiah×1
• Zechariah×1

• Joshua 18:24

  Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities with their villages.

• Joshua 21:17

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

• Judges 20:10

  And we will take ten men of a hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to take provisions for the people, so that they may act, when they come to Geba of Benjamin, according to all the infamy that it has done in Israel.”

• 1 Samuel 13:3

  Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the horn throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”

• 1 Samuel 13:16

  Saul and Jonathan his son and the people who were found with them were staying at Geba of Benjamin, and the Philistines were camped at Michmash.

• 1 Samuel 14:5

  The one tooth rose like a pillar on the north, in front of Michmash, and the other on the south, in front of Geba.

• 2 Samuel 5:25

  David did so, as YHWH had commanded him, and he struck the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.

• 1 Kings 15:22

  Then King Asa summoned all Judah, none exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building; and King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.

• 2 Kings 23:8

  He brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and made unclean the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he tore down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the chief of the city, which were on a man’s left at the gate of the city.

• 1 Chronicles 6:60

  And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities: thirteen cities, by their families.

• 1 Chronicles 8:6

  And these are the sons of Ehud (these were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them into exile to Manahath):

• 2 Chronicles 16:6

  And Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building; and he built with them Geba and Mizpah.

• Ezra 2:26

  the sons of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one;

• Nehemiah 7:30

  the men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one;

• Nehemiah 11:31

  And the sons of Benjamin, from Geba: Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel and its settlements,

• Nehemiah 12:29

  and from Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.

• Isaiah 10:29

  They have crossed the pass; “Geba is a lodging for us”; Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul has fled.

• Zechariah 14:10

  All the land will be turned like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and it will be lifted high and will dwell in its place, from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the First Gate, to the Gate of the Corners, and from the Tower of Hananel to the winepresses of the king.