Lexicon Gebim: "trenches," a place North of Jer. Original Word: גֵּבִיםPart of Speech: Proper Name Location Transliteration: Gebim Phonetic Spelling: (gay-beem') Short Definition: Gebim NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originpl. of gebDefinition"trenches," a place N. of Jer. NASB TranslationGebim (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs גֵּבִים proper name, of a location see below גוב. גבל (according to Thes originally twist, wind, whence not only גַּבְלֻת, מִגְבָּלֹת, but also גְּבוּל (cord and then) boundary, as determined by measuring cord, or line, whence verb denominative גָּבַל bound, border, q. v. below; Late Hebrew גָּבַל, Aramaic גְּבַל mean mix, knead; Arabic  , Syriac  = create, fashion; MV assume meaning massive, whence Arabic  mountain (compare Assyrian gablu HA48), and גְּבוּל as originally earth-wall, etc., serving as boundary; this explains גַּבְלֻת etc. less well). גּבִים proper name, of a location (trenches) north from Jerusalem, with article ׳הַגּ Isaiah 10:31; site unknown.
Strong's Gebim Plural of geb; cisterns; Gebim, a place in Palestine -- Gebim. see HEBREW geb |
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