Meaning of the name: cistern; grasshopper. Related names are: Philistines, Sibbecai, Sibbechai
(and others ...)
. The translations of Gob in 2 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Gobel in Spanish to
جوب in Arabic!
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. (2SA 21:18)
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. (2SA 21:19)