Gibeon: meaning of the name

Gibeon in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Gibeon in the Bible

• Gibeon

  2 verses · first mentioned in Ezra 2:20

Places named Gibeon

• Gibeon

Gibeon in Scripture

“Gibeon” appears in 35 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Joshua 9:3

  And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

• Joshua 9:17

  And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath–jearim.

• Joshua 10:1

  Now it came to pass, when Adoni–zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

• Joshua 10:2

  That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

• Joshua 10:4

  Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

• Joshua 10:5

  Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

• Joshua 10:6

  And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

• Joshua 10:10

  And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth–horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.