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Tel-Abib
Holman Bible Dictionary
(tehl-ay' bihb) Place name meaning, “mound of the flood” or “mound of grain.” Tel-Abib on the Chebar Canal near Nippur in Babylon was home to Ezekiel and other Exiles (Ezekiel 3:15 ). The Babylonians may have thought it was the ruined site of the original flood.
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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Tel-Abib'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/t/tel-abib.html. 1991.