I. גִּבְעָה noun feminine hill — absolute גִּבְעָה 2 Samuel 2:25 13t. + Ezekiel 6:13 (strike out Co q. v.) 1 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 6:3,4 (compare Dr); construct גִּבְעַת Joshua 5:3 8t. + 1 Samuel 10:5 (compare Dr); suffix גִּבְעָתִי Ezekiel 34:26 (but strike out Co), גִּבְעָתָהּ Isaiah 31:4; plural absolute גְּבָעוֺת Deuteronomy 12:2 35t.; construct גִּבְעוֺת Deuteronomy 33:15; Habakkuk 3:6, גִּבְעֹת Genesis 49:26; suffix גִּבְעוֺתֶיךָ Ezekiel 35:8; — hill, height, elevation, both high and low, compare Psalm 148:9 ההרים וכל גבעות, Psalm 65:13; —

1 in ordinary prose, hill, lower than mountain Exodus 17:9,10 (E) 2 Samuel 2:25; it may be proper name in 1 Samuel 7:1; 1 Samuel 10:10; 2 Samuel 6:3,4 see also below II. גִּבְעָה.

2 especially as place of illicit worship גְּבֹהָה ותחת כל עץ רענן ׳עַל כָּלגֿ 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:10; Jeremiah 2:20; compare Deuteronomy 12:2; 2 Kings 16:4; 2Chronicles 28:4 (these two + במות); also Hosea 4:13; Jeremiah 13:27; Jeremiah 17:2; Ezekiel 6:13 (see above).

3 very commonly "" הר in poetry & prophets Deuteronomy 33:15; Psalm 72:3; Psalm 114:4; Psalm 114:6; Psalm 148:9; Songs 2:8; Songs 4:6; Isaiah 2:2,14; Isaiah 30:17,25; Isaiah 31:4; Isaiah 40:4,12; Isaiah 41:15; Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 54:10; Isaiah 55:12; Isaiah 65:7; Jeremiah 3:23; Jeremiah 4:24; Jeremiah 16:16; Jeremiah 50:7; Ezekiel 6:3; Ezekiel 34:6; Ezekiel 35:8; Ezekiel 36:4,6; Hosea 4:13; Hosea 10:8; Joshua 4:18; Amos 9:13; Micah 4:1; Micah 6:1; Nahum 1:5; Habakkuk 3:6; rarely in prose Deuteronomy 12:2; sometimes as high and majestic (poetry) עולם ׳ג Genesis 49:26; Deuteronomy 33:15; Habakkuk 3:6 ('everlasting hills'); compare also Job 15:7; Proverbs 8:25(with adjective high, compare above); see also Jeremiah 49:16.

4 hills with special names, some nearly or quite = proper name, of a location, which see under the respective words: מֹרֶה ׳ג Judges 7:1 teacher's hill, in valley of Jezreel; הָעֲרָלוֺת ׳ג Joshua 5:3 hill of the fore-skins; הָאֱלֹהִים ׳ג 1 Samuel 10:5 (a designation of Gibeah); הַחֲכִילָה ׳ג 1 Samuel 23:19; 1 Samuel 26:1,3; אַמָּה ׳ג 2 Samuel 2:24; הַלְּבוֺנָה ׳ג Songs 4:6 (i.e. hill where frankincense is grown); גָּרֵב֑ ׳ג Jeremiah 31:39; יְרוּשָׁלַם ׳ג Isaiah 10:32; compare Isaiah 31:4 (where "" הַרצִֿיּוֺן), Ezekiel 34:26 (see above) & הַגְּבָעוֺת Zephaniah 1:10 hills on which Jerusalem stands.