Gibeon


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Gibeon (Hebrew: גִּבְעוֹןgiḇʻôn, giv'ôn) may refer to:

  • Gibeon (ancient city), a Canaanite city north of Jerusalem that was conquered by Joshua
  • Gibeon Constituency, the constituency whose administrative centre is the Namibian village of Gibeon
  • Gibeon (meteorite), an iron meteorite found in Namibia near Gibeon
  • Gibeon, Namibia, a village in the Hardap region of Namibia
    • Gibeon Railway Station, a railway station serving the town of Gibeon in Namibia
  • Gibeon Bradbury (1833–1904), painter from Buxton, Maine, United States
  • Giv'on HaHadashah (Hebrew: גִּבְעוֹן הַחֲדָשָׁה‎), an Israeli communal settlement northwest of Jerusalem
  • Thomas Givon (born 1936), Hebrew: Talmy Givón‎, linguist, rancher, musician and writer
  • Gibeon, Virginia
  • Pool of Gibeon, a site in Gibeon mentioned a number of times in the Hebrew Bible
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