HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1838
דִּנְהָ֑בָה
din.ha.vah — Dinhabah
§ Dinhabah = "give thou judgement" capital city of Bela, king of Edom
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Dinhabah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Robbers’ den, an Edomitish city, the capital of king Bela (Gen. 36:32). It is probably the modern Dibdiba, a little north-east of Petra.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.