1. Geba (place name) — A Levitical city in the territory of Benjamin, modern Jaba' northeast of Jerusalem. Mentioned as a border town in Joshua 18:24 and 21:17 (Levitical city allocation), Judges 20:10 (the Gibeah incident), 1 Samuel 13:3, 13:16, 14:5 (Philistine garrison contexts), 2 Samuel 5:25 and 1 Kings 15:22 (military actions), 1 Chronicles 6:60, 8:6 (genealogical lists), 2 Chronicles 16:6 (Asa's fortification), Ezra 2:26 and Nehemiah 7:30 (returnee lists), Isaiah 10:29 (Assyrian march route), and Zechariah 14:10 (eschatological boundary). The name appears as Geba, Geva, or Gava in English translations; all multilingual glosses (Arabic Jaba', Hindi Geba, Korean Geba) confirm a single proper noun referent regardless of prepositional context (in, from, to, and). 18×
AR["بِـ-جَبَع","جَبعَ","جَبَع","جَبَعَ","جَبَعُ","جِبْعَ","لِ-جِبْعَ","مِنْ-جَبَعَ","وَ-جَبَعَ","وَ-جَبَعُ","وَجَبَعَ"]·ben["-গেবায়","আর-গেবার","এবং-গাবা","এবং-গেবার","গেবা","গেবা-থেকে","গেবা-হইতে","গেবায়","গেবার"]·DE["Geba","Geva","Geva-von","[גבע]","[וגבע]","[מגבע]","in-Geva","in-Geva-von","und-Gava","von-Geva","zu-Geva"]·EN["Geba","Geva","Geva-of","and-Gava","and-Geba","and-Geva","from-Geva","in-Geva","in-Geva-of","to-Geva"]·FR["Geba","Geva","Geva-de","Guéba","[גבע]","dans-Geva","dans-Geva-de","de-Geva","et-Gava","et-Guéba","à-Geva"]·heb["ב-גבע","גבע","ו-גבע","ל-גבע","מ-גבע"]·HI["और-गेबा","गेबा","गेबा-के","गेबा-में","गेबा-से","मिन-गिबओन","से-गेबा"]·ID["Geba","dan-Geba","dari-Geba","di-Geba","ke-Geba"]·IT["Geba","Geva","Geva-di","Gheba","[גבע]","[מגבע]","a-Geva","da-Geva","e-Gava","e-Gheba","in-Geva","in-Geva-di"]·jav["Geba","Gèba","Gèbaʻ","Géba","dhateng-Géba","ing-Gèba","lan-Gaba","lan-Geba","saking-Geba","saking-Géba"]·KO["~로부터-게바","게바","게바-에서","게바는","게바를","게바에서","게바와","그리고-게바","그리고-게바의","길바에서","에서-게바"]·PT["Geva","Geva'-de","Gueva","a-Geva-de","de-Geva","de-Geva'","desde-Geva","e-Gava","e-Geva","em-Geva","em-Geva-de"]·RU["Гева","Геву","Гевы","в-Геве","в-Геву","и-Гева","и-Гевы","от-Гевы"]·ES["Geba","Geva","Gueba","Gueva","a-Guibeá-de","desde-Geba","desde-Geva","desde-Gueba","en-Gueba","en-Gueba-de","y-Geba","y-Gueba"]·SW["Geba","Geba-ya","kutoka-Geba","na-Geba"]·TR["-Giva'dan","-de-Geva","Geva","Geva'dan","Geva'nın","Geva'ya","Geva'yı","Geva-nın","ve-Gebanin","ve-Geva","ve-Geva'nın"]·urd["اور-جبع-کے","اور-جبعہ","جبع","جبع-سے","جبع-کو","جبع-کے","جبعہ","جبعہ-سے","جبعہ-میں","جبعہ-میں-تھی","جبعہ-کے","سے-جبعہ"]
Josh 18:24, Josh 21:17, Judg 20:10, 1 Sam 13:3, 1 Sam 13:16, 1 Sam 14:5, 2 Sam 5:25, 1 Kgs 15:22, 2 Kgs 23:8, 1 Chr 6:60, 1 Chr 8:6, 2 Chr 16:6 (+6 more)
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† גֶּ֫בַע n.pr.loc.—ג׳ abs. Jos 21:17 +; cstr. Ju 20:10 +; גָּ֑בַע Jos 18:24 +;—Levitical city, in Benjamin Jos 21:17 = 1 Ch 6:45 Jos 18:24 cf. 1 Ch 8:6, 1 K 15:22 Ne 11:31; also 1 S 13:16 & Ju 20:10, 33 MT, in all three read (גִּבְעַת) גִּבְעָה, cf. context;—northernmost city in kingdom of Judah 2 K 23:8 from Geba to Beersheba, cf. Zc 14:10; situated S. of pass of Michmash Is 10:29 1 S 14:5 cf.…