(Maareh)-geba
גֶּ֫בַעStrong’s H4629geva (ge-va)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Geva is the Hebrew word usually translated “from open place of” and “according to clear space of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.”
Meaning
- Gaba or Geba or Gibeah = "hill"
- Bare space, open plain
- (TWOT) nakedness
How it's translated
- from open place of 1
- according to clear space of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 1
- 1 Kings 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
גֶּ֫בַע geva · (Maareh)-geba
Gaba or Geba or Gibeah = "hill" a city in Benjamin, modern 'Jeba', which stands on the top of a steep terraced hill, six miles or ten kilometres north east of Jerusalem and three miles or five kilometres from Gibeah, on the edge of the Wadi Suweinit looking northward to the opposite village of ancient Michmash, modern 'Mukhmas' Combined with ma.a.reh (מַעֲרֶה "Maareh" H4629)
מַעֲרֶה maareh · gap
1) bare space, open plain 2) (TWOT) nakedness
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.