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Wednesday, September 25th, 2024
the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25

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Bible Lexicons

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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"
1. a city north of Damascus to which Abraham pursued the kings who had pillaged Sodom

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

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
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.

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