גֶּ֫בַע
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Geba
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Geba: A Biblical Place Name Geba (גֶּ֫בַע) is a proper noun appearing 16 times in the Hebrew Bible, designating a specific geographical location. As a place name rather than a common word with multiple meanings, Geba functions primarily as a fixed reference point in biblical geography and narrative. The consistency of its usage across these 16 occurrences suggests it held sufficient importance to warrant repeated mention in the biblical text. The relatively modest frequency of appearance—16 occurrences—indicates that Geba was a recognizable location to the biblical audience but not among the most frequently referenced sites. Its inclusion in the scriptural record places it within the network of settlements and landmarks that structured the ancient Levantine landscape during the biblical period. Without additional contextual data about the specific narratives in which Geba appears, the word's significance can be understood primarily through its persistent identification as a named place deemed worthy of biblical documentation.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
16 total occurrences across the text
The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
Nehemiah 7:30The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred twenty-one.
Nehemiah 11:31The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,
Nehemiah 12:29also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.
Isaiah 10:29They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
Zechariah 14:10All the land will be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up, and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin’s gate to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses.
Joshua 18:24Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
Joshua 21:17Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
1 Samuel 13:3Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
1 Samuel 13:16Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba of Benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
1 Samuel 14:5The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
1 Kings 15:22Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
2 Kings 23:8He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
1 Chronicles 6:60and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
1 Chronicles 8:6These are the sons of Ehud. These are the heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Geba, who were carried captive to Manahath:
2 Chronicles 16:6Then Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Rama, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and he built Geba and Mizpah with them.