Bible Person

Geber

Meaning: manly · Male · 1 cross reference

This Geber entry refers to Solomon's district officer over part of Gilead, not to the father of another officer in 1 Kings 4:13. He belongs to the administrative network sustaining Solomon's court. First appears in 1 Kgs 4:19.1

AI summary: This Geber matters because his single cross reference places him among the officials who supplied the king's household on a regional basis. The entry shows how Solomon's prosperity rested on a carefully structured system of delegated responsibility. Taken together, the material presents this Geber as a district administrator in the royal provisioning order.1

Central Figure

Geber

Meaning: manly

A valiant man, (1 Kings 4:19), one of Solomon’s purveyors, having jurisdiction over a part of Gilead, comprising all the kingdom of Sihon and part of the kingdom of Og (Deut.