to guide; draw out; produce; a groan or sigh
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
GIAH.Named in the account of Joabs pursuit of Abner (2Sa_2:24). Its situation is quite unknown; it is even doubtful whether the mention of Giah is not due to textual corruption.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
("valley".) 2Sa_2:24. Facing Ammah, "by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Gi'ah. (a waterfall). A place named only in 2Sa_2:24, to designate the position of the hill, Ammah.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
gı̄?a (גּיח, gı̄aḥ): An unidentified place on the route followed by Abner in his flight, pursued by Joab (2Sa_2:24). Septuagint renders Gaı́, corresponding to the Hebrew gē, ?valley.? The form gı̄aḥ may be due to corruption of the text.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Giah
(Heb. Gi'acl, גִּיחִ, a breaking forth sc. of a fountain; Sept. Γιέ v.r. Γαί, Vulg. simply vallis), a place (probably marked by a spring) opposite the hill Ammah, on the road to the "wilderness (east?) of Gibeon," where Joab and Abishai ceased at sun-down from the pursuit of Abner after the death of Asahel (1Sa_2:24). It is perhaps identical with the " pool" mentioned in 1Sa_2:13, although in that case the parties must have become far separated in the rout, since they would thus have returned to the spot where the battle began. SEE GIBEON.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.