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
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
Gibeon, a 11-1 shot, just held off the fast finish of 4-1 favourite Keble by a neck.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2015
But he did not prove that this Gibeon was old enough to have been captured by Joshua's Israelites.
From Time Magazine Archive
Adoni-zedec, king of Jerusalem, heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and her king, and to Ai and her king, and that Gibeon had made peace with Joshua.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
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