HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6164
עַרְבָתִי
ar.va.ti — Arbathite
Group of bet ha.a.ra.vah (בֵּית הָֽעֲרָבָה "Beth-arabah" H1026) § Arbathite, of Betharabah "desert house" an inhabitant of Beth-arabah
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Arbathite
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
A name given to Abi-albon, or, as elsewhere called, Abiel, one of David’s warriors (2 Sam. 23:31; 1 Chr. 11:32), probably as being an inhabitant of Arabah (Josh. 15:61), a town in the wilderness of Judah.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.