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H1533 גִּלְבֹּעַ (Gilbôaʻ) ghil-bo'-ah
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 1530 and 1158; fountain of ebullition; Gilboa, a mountain of Palestine

KJV Usage: Gilboa

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גִּלְבֹּעַ (gil.bo.a) — Gilboa.

§ Gilboa = "swollen heap" a mountain-ridge at the southeastern end of the plain of Jezreel, site of the death of Saul and Jonathan

גִּלְבֹּעַ (gil.bo.a) — (Mount) Gilboa. Gilboa = "swollen heap" a mountain-ridge at the southeastern end of the plain of Jezreel, site of the death of Saul and Jonathan Also named: gil.ad (גִּלְעָד "(Mount )Gilead" H1568K)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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Names of Landforms

Gilboa = mountain; ◄ overlooking the Valley of Jizreel; ► location where Israel was defeated by the Philistines and where king Saul and three of his sons died

1SA 28:4 · 1SA 31:1 · 1SA 31:8 · 2SA 1:6 · 2SA 1:21 · 2SA 21:12 · 1CH 10:1 · 1CH 10:8

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גִּלְבֹּעַ n.pr.loc. Gilboa‛ (derivation unknown), mountain-ridge at S.E. end of plain of Jezreel, where Saul & Jonathan were killed base

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