HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1337
בַּת־רַבִּים
bat rab.bim — Bath-rabbim
§ Bath-rabbim = "daughter of multitudes" the city of Heshbon or one of its gates
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Bath-rabbim
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Daughter of many, the name of one of the gates of the city of Heshbon, near which were pools (Cant. 7:4).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.