Gibeonite

Gibeonite
/gib"ee euh nuyt'/, n.
one of the inhabitants of Gibeon, who were condemned by Joshua to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the Israelites. Josh. 9.
[GIBEON + -ITE1]

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