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Gibeonite

גִּבְעֹנִיStrong’s H1393

givoni (giv-o-ni)

Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Givoni is the Hebrew word usually translated “gibeonites” and “gibeonite”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.

“Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.”
2 Samuel 21:1 KJV
Meaning
  1. Group of giv.on (גִּבְעוֹן "Gibeon" H1391)
How it's translated
  • the gibeonites 5
  • the gibeonite 2
  • and the gibeonites 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Samuel 5
  • 1 Chronicles 1
  • Nehemiah 1

3 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

גִּבְעֹנִי givoni · Gibeonite

Group of giv.on (גִּבְעוֹן "Gibeon" H1391) § Gibeonite = "little hill: hilly" an inhabitant of Gibeon

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.