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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 1356. גֵּבִים (geb) -- Cistern, pit, reservoir</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/1356.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/1_kings/6-9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/1356.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 1356</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/1355.htm" title="1355">◄</a> 1356. geb <a href="../hebrew/1356a.htm" title="1356a">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">geb: Cistern, pit, reservoir</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">גֵּב</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>geb<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ghev<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(gabe)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Cistern, pit, reservoir<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a log, well, cistern<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From an unused root meaning to be convex<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>Strong's Greek 5421 (phrear):</b> A well or pit, often used in the Septuagint to translate "geb."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew word "geb" refers to a cistern or pit, typically used for storing water. In ancient times, these structures were essential for collecting rainwater, especially in arid regions. The term can also metaphorically denote a trap or a place of entrapment.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, water was a precious resource, and cisterns were vital for survival, particularly in areas with limited natural water sources. These man-made reservoirs were often hewn out of rock and plastered to prevent leakage. Cisterns were not only practical but also held symbolic significance, representing sustenance and life. However, they could also be places of danger or imprisonment, as seen in various biblical narratives.<div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> II. [<font class="hebrew2">גֵּב</font>] <font size="+1"><b>pit</b></font>, III. [<font class="hebrew2">גֵּב</font>] <em>beam</em>, see below <font class="hebrew2">גוב</font>. <p> II. <font class="hebrew2">גֵּב</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>pit, ditch, trench</b></font>, (Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb015507.gif"> <em>hollow, depression</em>; Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb015508.gif"> <em>cistern</em>) — only plural <font class="hebrew2">גֵּבִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Jeremiah 14:3</a>; in <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/3-16.htm">2 Kings 3:16</a> <font class="hebrew2">גבים גבים</font>, i.e. <em>full of ditches</em>; further, <em>cisterns</em> (according to Klo <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/25-12.htm">2 Kings 25:12</a>) <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/39-10.htm">Jeremiah 39:10</a> <font class="hebrew2">וִּיגֵבִים</font> (read <font class="hebrew2">וְגֵבִים</font>); compare also "" <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/25-12.htm">2 Kings 25:12</a> (<font class="hebrew2">ולגבים</font> Kt, <font class="hebrew2">וּלְיוֺגְבִים</font> Qr) = <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/52-16.htm">Jeremiah 52:16</a> (<font class="hebrew2">וּלְֹיגְבִים</font>; both with <font class="hebrew2">כֹּרְמִים</font>); Klo propose to emend these, so as to read in all <font class="hebrew2">וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם כְּרָמִים וְגֵבִים</font> <em>and gave to them vineyards and cisterns</em>; another view in Th; compare further <font class="hebrew2">גוב</font>, <font class="hebrew2">יגב</font>. — I. <font class="hebrew2">גֵּב</font> see below <font class="hebrew2">גבה</font>. <p> III. [<font class="hebrew2">גֵּב</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>beam, rafter</b></font>? (Thes below <font class="hebrew2">גוב</font>, but meaning & √ dubious), <font class="hebrew2">גֵּבִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/6-9.htm">1 Kings 6:9</a>; but Lag<sup>Armen. Stud. § 499, M i. 212; BN 155</sup> reads <font class="hebrew2">גֻּבְּדִים</font> (Persian <img src="/bdbgif/bdb015509.gif">, Armenian <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">γμβεθ</font>) <em>vaulted roofs</em>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>beam, ditch, pit <p>From <a href="/hebrew/1461.htm">guwb</a>; a log (as cut out); also well or cistern (as dug) -- beam, ditch, pit. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/1461.htm">guwb</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>גֵּבִ֔ים גֵּבִ֞ים גֵּבִ֥ים ׀ גֵּבִֽים׃ גבים גבים׃ gê·ḇîm gêḇîm geVim<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_kings/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 6:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶת־ הַבַּ֙יִת֙ <b> גֵּבִ֔ים </b> וּשְׂדֵרֹ֖ת בָּאֲרָזִֽים׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_kings/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the house <span class="itali">with beams</span> and planks<br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the house <span class="itali">with beams</span> and boards<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> covered the house <span class="itali">beams</span> and planks made of cedar<p><b><a href="/text/2_kings/3-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Kings 3:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַנַּ֥חַל הַזֶּ֖ה <b> גֵּבִ֥ים ׀ </b> גֵּבִֽים׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_kings/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> this valley <span class="itali">full</span> of trenches.'<br><a href="/kjvs/2_kings/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Make this valley <span class="itali">full of ditches.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/3-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> valley this <span class="itali">full</span> full<p><b><a href="/text/2_kings/3-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Kings 3:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַזֶּ֖ה גֵּבִ֥ים ׀ <b> גֵּבִֽים׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_kings/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> valley full <span class="itali">of trenches.'</span><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/3-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> this full <span class="itali">full</span><p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/14-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 14:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בָּ֣אוּ עַל־ <b> גֵּבִ֞ים </b> לֹא־ מָ֣צְאוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> They have come <span class="itali">to the cisterns</span> and found<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> they came <span class="itali">to the pits,</span> [and] found<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/14-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have come unto <span class="itali">the cisterns</span> no and found<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1356.htm">4 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1356.htm">Strong's Hebrew 1356<br>4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/gevim_1356.htm">gê·ḇîm — 4 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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