גִּלְבֹּעַ
gilboa · Gilboa
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1533 · appears 8 times in the Bible
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gilboa (גִּלְבֹּעַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Gilboa”.
A mountain south of the valley of Jezreel, where Saul and his sons died in battle against the Philistines (1 Samuel 31).
How to say it
gil·bo·a
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
Gilboa
Today: Mount Gilboa, northern West Bank and Israel
A mountain range at the south edge of the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel.
Saul and his sons died there in battle against the Philistines (1 Sam 31:1-6). David mourned them (2 Sam 1:21).
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Samuel 28:4
The Philistines gathered and came and camped at Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel, and they camped at Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 31:1
The Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 31:8
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
- 2 Samuel 1:6
The young man who was reporting it to him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and look, Saul was leaning on his spear; and look, the chariots and the horsemen were following him closely.
- 2 Samuel 1:21
Mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew and no rain on you, nor fields of contributions; for there the shield of the mighty was abhorred, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
- 2 Samuel 21:12
David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the lords of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day the Philistines struck Saul on Gilboa.
- 1 Chronicles 10:1
And the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 1 Chronicles 10:8
And the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.