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Abronah

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Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5684

עַבְרֹנָה

ev.ro.nah — Abronah

§ Ebronah = "passage" one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness immediately preceding Ezion-geber

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Historical dictionary entry

R.V., one of Israel’s halting-places in the desert (Num. 33:34, 35), just before Ezion-gaber. In A.V., “Ebronah.”

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

Scripture cited by this entry (KJV)

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Numbers 33:34

And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.

Numbers 33:35

And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.

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