Etymology?:
feminine from the same as gevaʿ גֶּ֫בַע ‘Geba’
Roots:
גבע
givʿā n, f
1) hill
1a) hill (lower than a mountain)
1b) as a place of illicit worship
1c) poetic for mountain
1d) used in place names
Mentioned in Genesis 49:26 Exodus 17:10, 17:9 Numbers 23:9 Deuteronomy 12:2, 33:15 Joshua 24:33, 5:3 Judges 7:1 1 Samuel 7:1, 10:5, 26:3, 23:19, 26:1, 10:10 2 Samuel 6:3, 6:4, 2:24, 2:25 1 Kings 14:23 2 Kings 17:10, 16:4 Isaiah 65:7, 42:15, 30:17, 2:2, 31:4, 54:10, 40:12, 10:32, 41:15, 40:4, 30:25, 2:14, 55:12 Jeremiah 50:6, 13:27, 16:16, 3:23, 2:20, 17:2, 49:16, 4:24, 31:39 Ezekiel 6:3, 36:6, 36:4, 34:6, 6:13, 20:28, 35:8, 34:26 Hosea 10:8, 4:13 Joel 4:18 Amos 9:13 Micah 4:1, 6:1 Nahum 1:5 Habakkuk 3:6 Zephaniah 1:10 Psalms 114:4, 114:6, 148:9, 65:13, 72:3 Proverbs 8:25 Job 15:7 Song of Songs 4:6, 2:8 2 Chronicles 28:4