International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Gebim

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Gebim


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gē´bim (גּבים, gēbhı̄m, “trenches”): A place named only in . Some would place it at Jebı̄a, identifying it with the Geba of Eusebius, 5 Roman miles from Gophna (modern Jifneh), on the way to Shechem. Its place, however, in the order of names, after Anathoth, seems to point to some position South of that village, to the Northeast of Jerusalem.