Strong's Hebrew · H1533
גִּלְבֹּעַ
Gilbôaʻ · ghil-bo'-ah
DefinitionGilboa, a mountain of Palestine
Derivationfrom H1530 (גַּל) and H1158 (בָּעָה); fountain of ebullition;
KJV usageGilboa.
Occurrences8 in the KJV · 8 verses
גִּלְבֹּעַ in Scripture
1 Samuel 28:4
And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
1 Samuel 31:1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
1 Samuel 31:8
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
2 Samuel 1:6
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
2 Samuel 1:21
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
2 Samuel 21:12
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh -gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth -shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
1 Chronicles 10:1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 10:8
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.