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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #2327 - חוֹבָה
Transliteration
chôwbâh
Phonetics
kho-baw'
Origin
fem. act. participle of (H2247)
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Hobah = "hiding place"
- a city north of Damascus to which Abraham pursued the kings who had pillaged Sodom
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results
ASV (1)
Genesis
1
BSB (1)
Genesis
1
CSB (1)
Genesis
1
ESV (1)
Genesis
1
KJV (1)
Genesis
1
LEB (1)
Genesis
1
LSB (1)
Genesis
1
N95 (1)
Genesis
1
NAS (1)
Genesis
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
Genesis
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
חוֺבָה proper name, of a location Genesis 14:15, north of Damascus; modern –oba, 20 hours north of Dam., according to Wetzst Del Gn. ed. 4,561ff. so Di.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
חוֹבָה (“a hiding place”), [Hobah], pr.n. of a town to the north of Damascus; once Genesis 14:15 compare Χωβά, Jdt_4:4 15:4. Eusebius in his Onomasticon confounds this town with Cocaba, the seat of the Ebionites; see my note to Burckhardt’s Travels, ii. p. 1054.
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List of Word Forms
חוֹבָ֔ה חובה choVah ḥō·w·ḇāh ḥōwḇāh
