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Strong's #7237 - רַבָּה
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- Rabbath = "great"
- the capital city of the Ammonites located east of the Jordan
- a town in Judah; site uncertain
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1 capital of Ammonites explicitly, רַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֺן 2 Samuel 12:26,27; 2 Samuel 17:27; Deuteronomy 3:11; Jeremiah 49:2; Ezekiel 21:25; רַבָּה alone 2 Samuel 11:1 "" 1 Chronicles 20:1 (twice in verse), Amos 1:14; Jeremiah 49:3; Ezekiel 25:5; Joshua 13:25 (P); with ה locative רַבָּ֑תָה 2 Samuel 12:29; in Greek Period Philadelphia, Lag onom 215,94; 219,82 (but Ραββατμανα Polyb v. 71.4), modern Ammâ132-Janmiles northeast from Heshbon, 28 2-Janmiles east of Jordan; compare Buhl Geogr.260;- ᵐ5 Ραββαθ, Ραββα
2הָרַבָּה city in Judah Joshua 15:60 (P), site unknow; — ᵐ5 Σωθηβα, A ᵐ5 L Αρεββα.
רַבָּה prop. “capital city,” Syr. ܪܰܒܬܐܳ, hence [Rabbah, Rabbath], pr.n.
(1) of the capital city of the Ammonites, 2 Samuel 11:1, 12:27 Joshua 13:25; 1 Chronicles 20:1 Jerem. 49:3 (not Psalms 110:6); fully רַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן Deuteronomy 3:11 Gr. Phlia delphia, in Abulfeda, and also at present عَمَّانُ (Tab. Syriæ, p. 91), compare as to its ruins, Seetzen in v. Zach’s Monatl. Correspond., xviii, p. 429; and Burckhardt, Travels in Syria, p. 612-618; compare p. 1062, Germ. ed.
(2) of a town in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:60.