HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1374
גֵּבִים
ge.vim — Gebim
§ Gebim = "cisterns" a village north of Jerusalem apparently between Anathoth (modern Anata) and the ridge on which Nob was situated
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Gebim
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Cisterns, (rendered “pits,” Jer. 14:3; “locusts,” Isa. 33:4), a small place north of Jerusalem, whose inhabitants fled at the approach of the Assyrian army (Isa. 10:31). It is probably the modern el-Isawiyeh.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.