- Gilboa
Gilboa ( _he. גלבוע) is a Hebrew word and the name of several places:
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Mount Gilboa , a biblical locale in Israel
*Two towns in the United States are named for the mountain:
**Gilboa, New York
**Gilboa, Ohio
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Gilboa — Höhe 508 m … Deutsch Wikipedia
GILBOA — (Heb. גִּלְבֹּעַ), mountain ridge branching off to the N.E. from the Samarian Hills and lying on a S.E.–N.W. axis. The ridge is an upfaulted block that drops precipitously to the Beth Shean Valley in the east and the Harod Valley in the northeast … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gilboa — Gilboa, OH U.S. village in Ohio Population (2000): 170 Housing Units (2000): 78 Land area (2000): 0.149208 sq. miles (0.386448 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.149208 sq. miles (0.386448 sq. km) … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Gilboa, OH — U.S. village in Ohio Population (2000): 170 Housing Units (2000): 78 Land area (2000): 0.149208 sq. miles (0.386448 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.149208 sq. miles (0.386448 sq. km) FIPS code … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Gilbōa — Gilbōa, 1) (a. Geogr.), Gebirg od. vielmehr Hügelreihe in Palästina, welche den südöstlichen Theil der Ebene Jesreel durchzog u. von Zerin bis zu dem Gebirg im Jordanthal strich. Auf ihm behaupteten sich Kananiter, gegen welche Saul auf G. fiel;… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Gilbōa — Gilbōa, 518 m hohes Gebirge in Palästina, zwischen der Ebene Jesreel und dem Jordantal, auf dem König Saul mit seinen drei Söhnen im Kampf gegen die Philister fiel. Jetzt Dschebel Fukua … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Gilboa — Gilbōa, Gebirge in Palästina, auf dem Saul gegen die Philister fiel (1 Sam. 31), zwischen dem Jordan und dem Karmel, jetzt Dschebel Fakua … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
GILBOA, AMIR — (1917–1984), Israeli poet. Born in Radzywilow, Volhynia, Gilboa went to Palestine in 1937, working initially as a laborer. He began to publish poetry while serving in the Jewish Brigade during World War II. The accent on linguistic sensitivity in … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gilboa fossil forest — Gilboa Fossil Forest, New York is cited as home to the Earth s oldest forest. Located near the Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County, New York, the region is home to tree trunks from the Devonian Period, roughly 380 million years old. The fossils, some… … Wikipedia
Gilboa (Nueva York) — Gilboa Pueblo de los Estados Unidos Letrero histórico de Gilboa … Wikipedia Español
