Bible Dictionary
Gebim
Gebim was a small place near Jerusalem mentioned in Isaiah’s description of the Assyrian advance. Its exact location is uncertain, though it was apparently north or northeast of Jerusalem.
Definition
Gebim was a small place mentioned in Isaiah’s description of the Assyrian advance. Its name has been associated with cisterns, trenches, or grasshoppers.
Biblical Usage
The inhabitants of Gebim fled as the Assyrian army approached Jerusalem.
Historical Background
Gebim was apparently north or northeast of Jerusalem, perhaps between Anathoth and the ridge of Nob. Its exact identification is uncertain; proposed locations include el-Isawiyeh and a site near the road toward Shechem.
Scripture References
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Cisterns, (rendered “pits,” Jer. 14:3; “locusts,” Isa. 33:4), a small place north of Jerusalem, whose inhabitants fled at the approach of the Assyrian army (Isa. 10:31). It is probably the modern el-Isawiyeh.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(grasshoppers), a village north of Jerusalem, (Isaiah 10:31) apparently between Anathoth (the modern Anata) and the ridge on which Nob was situated.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ge'-bim (gebhim, "trenches"): A place named only in Isa 10:31. Some would place it at Jebia, 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.</p>