BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H851
esh.te.mo.a — Eshtemoa
§ Eshtemoa = "I will make myself heard" Eshtemoh = "I shall cause my own ruin: fire of astonishment: I shall soar aloft" a Levitical city in Judah
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3431
yish.bach — Ishbah
A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.17; son of: Mered (H4778) and Bithiah (H1332); brother of: Miriam (H4813H) and Shammai (H8060I); half-brother of: Jered (H3382H)(?), Heber (H2268I)(?) and Jekuthiel (H3354)(?); married to Hodiah (H1940)(?); father of: son_of_Hodiah (H3431H)(?) § Ishbah = "he will praise" father of Eshtemoa and descendant of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Obedience, a town in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 21:14; 1 Chr. 6:57), which was allotted, with the land round it, to the priests. It was frequented by David and his followers during their wanderings; and he sent presents of the spoil of the Amalekites to his friends there (1 Sam. 30:28). It is identified with es-Semu’a, a village about 3 1/2 miles east of Socoh, and 7 or 8 miles south of Hebron, around which there are ancient remains of the ruined city. It is the centre of the “south country” or Negeb. It is also called “Eshtemoh” (Josh. 15:50).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
