Bible Encyclopedia: Geber

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GEBER

ge'-ber (gebher, "man," "strong one"):

(1) According to 1 Kings 4:13 the King James Version the father of one of the 12 officers who provided food for Solomon and his household (but here the Revised Version (British and American) "Ben-geber"). His district lay to the Northeast of Jordan.

(2) Another, and the last in the list of Solomon's commissariat officers (1 Kings 4:19). His district was also East of the Jordan, but probably to the South of that named in connection with the official of 4:13 (the Revised Version (British and American) "Ben-geber"). According to the rendering of English Versions of the Bible, he is said to have been "the only officer that was in the land." Unless the text, which presents some difficulties, is corrupt, as some suppose, it probably means that this large region was assigned to one official because less able than the others to furnish the required supplies.

Benjamin Reno Downer

Strong's Hebrew

6100. Etsyon Geber -- a city on the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba
Etsyon Geber. 6099, 6100. Etsyon Geber. 6101 . a city on the shore of
the Gulf of Aqaba. Transliteration: Etsyon Geber Phonetic ...
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1127. Ben-geber -- "son of a man," one of Solomon's leaders
Ben-geber. 1126, 1127. Ben-geber. 1128 . "son of a man," one of Solomon's
leaders. Transliteration: Ben-geber Phonetic Spelling ...
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1398. Geber -- an Israelite name
... 1397, 1398. Geber. 1399 . an Israelite name. Transliteration: Geber Phonetic
Spelling: (gheh'-ber) Short Definition: Geber. ... name NASB Word Usage Geber (1). ...
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1397. geber -- man
... 1396, 1397. geber. 1398 . man. Transliteration: geber Phonetic Spelling:
(gheh'-ber) Short Definition: man. ... 1396, 1397. geber. 1398 . Strong's Numbers.
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1403. Gabriel -- "man of El," an archangel
... Word Origin from geber and el Definition "man of El," an archangel NASB Word Usage
Gabriel (2). Garbriel. ... see HEBREW geber. see HEBREW 'el. 1402, 1403. ...
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1399. gebar -- man
... Word Origin the same as geber, qv. man From gabar; the same as geber; a person --
man. see HEBREW gabar. see HEBREW geber. 1398, 1399. gebar. 1400 . ...
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1368. gibbor -- strong, mighty
... Or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}; intensive from the same as geber; powerful;
by implication, warrior, tyrant -- champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty ...
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1400. gebar -- man
... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to geber Definition man NASB Word Usage
certain (3), man (2), men (15), people (1). certain, man. ...
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Library

Arbel. Shezor. Tarnegola the Upper.
... I render it "Geber, (or Gabara) the upper, which is above Caesarea." Why I render
Tarnegola by Geber, those that are versed in the Talmudic writings will ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 85 arbel shezor tarnegola.htm

Commerce
... For we know (1 Kings 9:26, etc.; 2 Chronicles 8:17, etc.) that King Solomon built
a navy at Ezion-geber, on the Red Sea, which port David had taken. ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 12 commerce.htm

How Solomon Fortified the City of Jerusalem, and Built Great ...
... 4. Moreover, the king built many ships in the Egyptian Bay of the Red Sea, in a
certain place called Ezion-geber: it is now called Berenice, and is not far ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how solomon fortified.htm

Death.
... deserts. And he has talked with sailors from those ships; from Tarshish and
the far Atlantic, or from Ezion-geber and the Indian seas. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon xviii death.htm

On Friendship with the World
... He first lost his substance: "The ships" they sent out "were broken at Ezion-geber."
And when he was not content with this warning, as well as that of the ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 80 on friendship with.htm

Book 9 Footnotes
... which Tarsus lay; so that he does not appear to have read the text, 1 Kings 22:48,
as our copies do, that ships of Tarshish could lie at Ezion-geber, upon the ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/book 9 footnotes.htm

Results of Transgression
... The commercial advantages of an outlet at the head of the Red Sea were developed
by the construction of "a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, . . . ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 4 results of transgression.htm

The Assyrian Revival and the Struggle for Syria
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7. <. ...
/.../chapter ithe assyrian revival and.htm

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... i.19-46. **** The itinerary given in Numbers 20:22-29, xxxi., xxxiii.37-49, and
repeated in Bent, ii., brings the Israelites as far as Ezion-geber, in such a ...
/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Geber

manly, strong

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Geber

(manly).

The son of Geber resided in the fortress of Ramoth-gilead, and had charge of Havoth-jair and the district of Argob. (1 Kings 4:13) (B.C. 1013).
Geber the son of Uri had a district south of the former --the "land of Gilead." (1 Kings 4:19)

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A valiant man, (1 Kings 4:19), one of Solomon's purveyors, having jurisdiction over a part of Gilead, comprising all the kingdom of Sihon and part of the kingdom of Og (Deuteronomy 2; 31).

Thesaurus

Geber (9 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GEBER. ... Multi-Version Concordance Geber (9 Occurrences).
Numbers 33:35 They traveled from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion Geber. ...
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Ezion-geber (6 Occurrences)
Ezion-geber. Eziongeber, Ezion-geber. E'zion-Ge'ber . Easton's Bible Dictionary
The ... there. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. EZION-GEBER. ...
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Ben-geber (1 Occurrence)
Ben-geber. Bengeber, Ben-geber. Benhadad . Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia BEN-GEBER. ben-ge'-ber (ben-gebher, "son of ...
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Ezion (7 Occurrences)
... Ezion (7 Occurrences). Numbers 33:35 They traveled from Abronah, and encamped
in Ezion Geber. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). ...
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E'zion-Ge'ber (6 Occurrences)
E'zion-Ge'ber. Ezion-geber, E'zion-Ge'ber. Eznite . ... E'zion-Ge'ber (6 Occurrences).
Numbers 33:35 They traveled from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion Geber. ...
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Eziongeber (3 Occurrences)
... of the gulf flowed further into the country than now, as far as `Ain el-Ghudyan,
which is 10 miles up the dry bed of the Arabah, and that Ezion-geber may have ...
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Elath (6 Occurrences)
... the Red Sea. It is first mentioned in Deuteronomy 2:8. It is also mentioned
along with Ezion-geber in 1 Kings 9:26. It was within ...
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Bengeber
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BEN-GEBER. ben-ge'-ber (ben-gebher, "son
of Geber"; the King James Version son of Geber; the word ...
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Ophir (12 Occurrences)
... name of a land or city somewhere to the South or Southeast of Palestine for which
Solomon's ships along with Phoenician vessels set out from Ezion-geber at the ...
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Fleet (7 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 9:26 And king Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion-Geber, which is beside
Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. (DBY NAS RSV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Geber (9 Occurrences)

Numbers 33:35 They traveled from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion Geber.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS NIV)

Numbers 33:36 They traveled from Ezion Geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh).
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 2:8 So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS NIV)

1 Kings 4:13 Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 4:19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 9:26 King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

1 Kings 22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they didn't go; for the ships were broken at Ezion Geber.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 8:17 Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 20:36 and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion Geber.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Geber

Geber: Name of Two Men, officers of Solomon

Related Terms

Ezion-geber (6 Occurrences)

Ben-geber (1 Occurrence)

Ezion (7 Occurrences)

E'zion-Ge'ber (6 Occurrences)

Eziongeber (3 Occurrences)

Elath (6 Occurrences)

Bengeber

Ophir (12 Occurrences)