Encyclopedia entry
Gebim
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.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(grasshoppers), a village north of Jerusalem, (Isaiah 10:31) apparently between Anathoth (the modern Anata) and the ridge on which Nob was situated.
In the Bible
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Verses where Gebim is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Isaiah 10:31
Madmenah flees; the people of Gebim take refuge.
Scripture on Gebim
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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