ΓΑΒΑΗΝΟΙ, γαβαηνοι
GABAĒNOI, gabaēnoi
Sounds Like: gah-bah-AY-noy
Translations: Gibeonites, inhabitants of Gibeon
From the root: ΓΑΒΑΩΝ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the Gibeonites, the inhabitants of the ancient city of Gibeon. They were a Hivite people who, according to the Old Testament, deceived Joshua and the Israelites into making a treaty with them, thereby avoiding destruction. They were subsequently made servants to the Israelites.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1046 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 2:154
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΑΒΑΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΑΒΑΗΝ — of Gibeon, Gibeonites
- ΓΑΒΑΗΝΟΥΣ — Gibeonites, the Gibeonites
- ΓΑΒΑΗΝΩΝ — (of) Gibeonites, (of) the Gibeonites, (of) people of Gibeon
- ΓΑΒΑΩ — Gibeon
- ΓΑΒΑΩΝ — Gibeon, (of) Gibeon, (in) Gibeon
- ΓΑΒΑΩΝΕΙΤΗΣ — Gibeonite, a Gibeonite
- ΓΑΒΑΩΝΙΤΑΙ — Gibeonites
- ΓΑΒΑΩΝΙΤΑΣ — Gibeonites
- ΓΑΒΩ — Gibeon
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