A word employed in the Bible to denote a hill. Like most words of this kind it gave its name to several towns and places in Palestine, which would doubtless be generally on or near a hill. They are:
Gibeah of Saul, and you can find more about that here on st-takla.org on other commentaries and dictionary entries. This is not mentioned as Saul's city till after his anointing, (1 Samuel 10:26) when is said to have gone "home" to Gibeah. In the subsequent narrative the town bears its full name. ch (1 Samuel 11:4)
* See other occurrences of the same term: Gibeah.
Main reference: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1860s)
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