GIBEATH (Heb. gibath, st. constr. of gibâh), hill of, enters into the composition of place names, and is occasionally retained untranslated by RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] . Such instances are: (a) Gibeath hâ-arâlôth, hill of the foreskins, where the Israelites were circumcised (Jos_5:3). (b) Gibeath-Phinehas, in Mount Ephraim, where Eleazar was buried (Jos_24:33); site unknown. (c) Gibeath ham-môreh (Jdg_7:1 etc.; see Moreh, 2). (d) Gibeath hâ-Elohîm (1Sa_10:5) = Gibeah, 2. (e) Gibeath hâ-Hachîlah (1Sa_23:19 etc.). See Hachilah. (f) Gibeath Ammah (2Sa_2:24). See Ammah. (g) Gibeath Gareb (Jer_31:39). See Gareb, 2.
W. Ewing.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Gib'e-ath. Probably the same as, Gibeah, 2 of Benjamin. Jos_18:28.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Gibeath
(Jos_18:28). SEE GIBEAH 1.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.