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Gibbethon -- a Levitical city in Dan's territory, a Philistine-contested border town
Gibbethon (meaning 'mound' or 'height') is a Levitical city in the tribal territory of Dan, situated on the contested border with the Philistines. It appears in the allotment lists (Josh 19:44) and the Levitical city roster (Josh 21:23), then surfaces dramatically in the narratives of 1 Kings 15-16, where the Israelite army besieges it twice -- first when Baasha assassinates Nadab (1 Kgs 15:27), and again when Zimri overthrows Elah (1 Kgs 16:15, 17). Its repeated role as a siege site underscores how this minor border town stood at the fault line between Israel and Philistia. All languages preserve the toponym directly: Spanish Gibeton, French Gibbethon, German Gibbethon.
Senses
1. Gibbethon (place name) — The proper name of a Levitical city in Dan's territory, repeatedly contested by the Philistines. Its six occurrences span two textual domains: the allotment and Levitical lists of Joshua (19:44; 21:23) and the siege narratives of 1 Kings (15:27; 16:15, 17), where two coups d'etat occur among the Israelite forces besieging it. Prepositional variants (at Gibbethon, in Gibbethon) produce no semantic shift. Every target language renders it as a direct transliteration, confirming a single place-name referent. 6×
AR["جِبَّتُونَ", "جِبِّتُونَ", "فِي-جِبِّتُونَ", "مِنْ-جِبِّتُونَ", "وَ-جِبَّتُونُ"]·ben["এবং-গিব্বথোন", "গিব্বথোন", "গিব্বথোন-থেকে", "গিব্বথোনে", "গিব্বথোনের"]·DE["Gibbethon", "Gibbeton", "bei-Gibbethon", "und-Gibbethon", "von-Gibbeton"]·EN["Gibbethon", "Gibbeton", "and-Gibbethon", "at-Gibbethon", "from-Gibbeton"]·FR["Gibbethon", "Gibbeton", "de-Gibbeton", "et-Gibbethon", "à-Gibbethon"]·heb["ב-גבתון", "גבתון", "גיבתון", "ו-גיבתון", "מ-גבתון"]·HI["और-गिब्बतोन", "गिब्बतोन", "में-गिब्बतोन", "से-गिब्बतोन"]·ID["Gibeton", "dan-Gibeton", "dari-Gibeton", "di-Gibeton"]·IT["Gibbethon", "Gibbeton", "a-Gibbethon", "da-Gibbeton", "e-Gibbethon"]·jav["Gibèton", "Gibéton", "lan-Gibèton", "saking-Gibéton", "wonten-ing-Gibéton"]·KO["그리고-깃버뇌", "깁벳데를", "깃버뇌을", "에-깁벳데에서", "에서-깁벳데"]·PT["Gibbeton", "Gibeton", "de-Gibbeton", "e-Gibeton", "em-Gibbeton"]·RU["Гиббетон", "Гивветон", "Гивветона", "в-Гивветоне", "и-Гиббетон", "от-Гивветона"]·ES["Gibetón", "de-Gibetón", "en-Gibetón", "y-Gibetón"]·SW["Gibethoni", "kutoka-Gibethoni", "na-Gibethoni"]·TR["Gibbeton", "Gibbeton'da", "Gibbeton'dan", "Gibbeton'un", "ve-Gibbeton"]·urd["اور-جبتون", "جبتون", "جبتون-میں", "سے-جبتون"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גִּבְּתוֹן n.pr.loc. (mound, height, cf. 𝔗 גִּבְבָא ridge) Philistine city 1 K 15:27(×2); 16:15, 17; assigned to Dan Jos 19:44, and to Levites 21:23: site unknown; cf. LagOnom. 246, 2nd ed. 255.