How many times is Gibeon mentioned in the Bible?
The word Gibeon appears 37 times in the King James Version, in 35 verses. Counting every form (Gibeon, Gibeonites, Gibeonite), it appears 45 times in 41 verses across 8 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Gibeon 37 times (45 with every form).
Gibeon in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Gibeon counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Gibeon | 37 | 37 |
| Gibeonites | 6 | 6 |
| Gibeonite | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 45 | 45 |
What the name Gibeon means
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Gibeon as "hill; cup; thing lifted up".
This is the 1869 traditional meaning; modern scholars often read names differently.
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Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869), checked 2026-10-24.
Which books mention Gibeon most
Gibeon appears in 8 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Joshua has the most (13), then 2 Samuel (12) and 1 Chronicles (8).
First and last mention of Gibeon
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
The verse that uses it most is 2 Samuel 21:2, 2 times (tied with 1 Chronicles 8:29, 1 Chronicles 9:35, Nehemiah 3:7):
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
Verses with Gibeon on our topic pages
1 verse that uses Gibeon in the World English Bible is in our topic collections.
In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”
On: Dreams
Common questions
How many times is Gibeon in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 45 of the 45 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Gibeon appears in 8 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Joshua has the most (13), then 2 Samuel (12) and 1 Chronicles (8).
Where is Gibeon first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Joshua 9:3: "And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai," The last is Jeremiah 41:16.
What does the name Gibeon mean in the Bible?
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Gibeon as "hill; cup; thing lifted up".
More word counts: Abiathar, Hur, Barzillai, river, Asia, Kish, heathen, feet, or all 635 words.
Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-24.