Gibeon
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Gibeon
Ultimately from Hebrew Gibhĕʿōn, of uncertain meaning
Example Sentences
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There is a Gibeon iron meteorite that fell to earth in Namibia.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2022
Gibeon, a 11-1 shot, just held off the fast finish of 4-1 favourite Keble by a neck.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2015
Three-time Champion jockey Richard Hughes won his first race of the festival, on Gibeon in the Land Rover Stakes.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2015
When he withdrew, after raids in 598 and 587 B.C., the people of Gibeon must have found their city wrecked and the pool contaminated.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was at Gibeon, where this battle was fought, that Sir George Farrar was killed in a railroad accident on May 18, 1915.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
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