gibeonite

gibeonite
\\ˈgibēəˌnīt\ noun (-s)
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Gibeon, city in ancient Palestine + English -ite
: one of the people of Gibeon in ancient Palestine condemned to be hewers of wood and drawers of water because of their deception of the Israelites

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  • Gibeonite — noun see Gibeon …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Gibeonite — /gib ee euh nuyt /, n. one of the inhabitants of Gibeon, who were condemned by Joshua to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the Israelites. Josh. 9. [GIBEON + ITE1] * * * …   Universalium

  • gibeonite — gib·e·on·ite …   English syllables

  • Gibeonite — /ˈgɪbiənaɪt/ (say gibeeuhnuyt) noun Bible one of the inhabitants of Gibeon, who were condemned by Joshua to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the Israelites. Joshua 9 …  

  • DAVID — (Heb. דָּוִד), youngest son of Jesse of the Ephrathite family that lived in Beth Lehem in Judah (I Sam. 16:1; 20:27–28; I Chron. 2:13–15; cf. Micah 5:1). In the Bible SOURCES I Samuel 16–II Kings 2 is our main source for David, supplemented by I… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • BENJAMIN — (Heb. בִּנְיָמִין), youngest son of jacob by rachel (Gen. 35:16–18), and the eponym of the tribe of Benjamin. Benjamin was the only one of Jacob s sons to be born in Canaan. Little is told of his life and personality. Our preserved texts… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Gibeon — geographical name city of ancient Palestine NW of Jerusalem • Gibeonite noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • Rimmon — (Hebrew pomegranate ) is the proper name for a number of people or objects in the Hebrew Bible: Torah with rimmonim A man of Beeroth (2 Samuel 4:2), one of the four Gibeonite cities. (See Joshua 9:17.) A Syrian cult image, mentioned only in 2… …   Wikipedia

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