What is "gibeon"

Gibeon (, Standard Hebrew Giv'on, Tiberian Hebrew Giḇʻôn) was a Canaanite city north of Jerusalem that was conquered by Joshua. The pre-conquest inhabitants of Gibeon, the Gibeonites, were Hivites according to and , or Amorites according to .

The remains of Gibeon are located on the south edge of the Palestinian village of Al Jib.

Gibeon ( giḇʻôn, giv'ôn) can refer to:

• Gibeon (ancient city), 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), iron meteorite found in Namibia near Gibeon
• Gibeon, Namibia, village in the Hardap region of Namibia
• Gibeon Bradbury, painter from Buxton, Maine, United States
• Giv'on HaHadashah , an Israeli communal settlement northwest of Jerusalem
• Thomas Givon, (born 1936), a linguist, rancher, musician and writer
• Gibeon Family

Gibeon is a meteorite that fell in prehistoric times in Namibia. It was named after the nearest town: Gibeon, Namibia.