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Gibeonite

[ gib-ee-uh-nahyt ]

noun

  1. (in the Bible) one of the inhabitants of Gibeon, who were condemned by Joshua to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the Israelites.


Gibeonite

/ ˈɡɪɪəˌԲɪ /

noun

  1. Old Testament one of the inhabitants of the town of Gibeon, who were compelled by Joshua to serve the Hebrews (Joshua 9)
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Gibeonite, gib′ē-on-īt, n. a slave's slave—from Josh., ix.

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"Needs must there be a division of men; Hewer of wood is the Gibeonite, Cutter of stone in the quarries, and then Slave to the Covenant-Israelite."

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With such rollicking fun, did Franklin, beguile his Gibeonite tasks.

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This was but one of the earlier crises in the financial experience which led Franklin to say that his seemed to be the Gibeonite task of drawing water for all the congregation of Israel.

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When it is remembered how Saul had attempted to extirpate the Gibeonites, and how bitter a blood feud the latter entertained against his house in consequence, it becomes very significant that the murderers of his son were men of this Gibeonite town.

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