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Joshua 21

Josh. 21:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And out of the tribe
matteh (Hebrew #4294)
from 5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
KJV usage: rod, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: mat-teh'
Origin: or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}
of Benjamin
Binyamiyn (Hebrew #1144)
son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Benjamin.
Pronounce: bin-yaw-mene'
Origin: from 1121 and 3225
, Gibeon
Gib`own (Hebrew #1391)
hilly; Gibon, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Gibeon.
Pronounce: ghib-ohn'
Origin: from the same as 1387
with her suburbs
migrash (Hebrew #4054)
from 1644; a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around a building, or the margin of the sea
KJV usage: cast out, suburb.
Pronounce: mig-rawsh'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine (Ezek. 27:28) migrashah {mig-raw-shaw'}
, Geba
Geba` (Hebrew #1387)
Geba, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.
Pronounce: gheh'-bah
Origin: from the same as 1375, a hillock
q with her suburbs
migrash (Hebrew #4054)
from 1644; a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around a building, or the margin of the sea
KJV usage: cast out, suburb.
Pronounce: mig-rawsh'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine (Ezek. 27:28) migrashah {mig-raw-shaw'}
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1CH Gaba,
Josh. 18:24• 24And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: (Josh. 18:24)

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Benjamin,
Geba,
Gibeon,
Tribe

Cross References

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Gibeon.
Josh. 9:3• 3And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, (Josh. 9:3)
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Josh. 18:25• 25Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, (Josh. 18:25)
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1 Chron. 6:60• 60And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. (1 Chron. 6:60)
Geba.
Josh. 18:24• 24And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: (Josh. 18:24)
Gaba.

J. N. Darby Translation

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and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,