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(Heb. Gebm', âֵּáַéí , cisterns [as in Jer_14:3, "pits"], or locusts [as in Isa_33:4]; Sept. Ãéââåú v ò , Vulg. Gabim), a small place a short distance north of Jerusalem, mentioned between Madmenah and Nob, Isa_10:31, where its inhabitants are prophetically described as fleeing at the approach of the invading Assyrian army. Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. ÃåâåíÜ , Gebin) identify it with "Geba, a village five miles from Guphna towards Neapolis;" and Schwarz (Palaest. page 131) identifies it with the Gob of 2Sa_21:18); but both these are at variance with the order of the places named by the prophet. The associated hocalities require a position corresponding to that of the present El- Isawiyeh, a little village in a valley near the road leading N.E. from Jerusalem (Robinson, Researches, 2:108). SEE NOB. It probably derived its Heb. name from the vicinity of excavations ( äִâֵּáַéí = the ditches; comp. 2Ki_3:16).