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 · H1398
ge.ver — Geber
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.19; son of: Uri (H0221H) § Geber = "warrior" the son of Uri, an officer of Solomon, overseer of Gilead
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6100
ets.yon ge.ver — Ezion-geber
§ Ezion-geber = "backbone of a man" the last station during the exodus of the Israelites before they came to the wilderness of Zin; located near Elath at the head of the Gulf of Akaba
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5684
ev.ro.nah — Abronah
§ Ebronah = "passage" one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness immediately preceding Ezion-geber
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1127
ben-ge.ver — Ben-Geber
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.13; son Geber (H1398) § Ben-geber = "the son of Geber" or "the son of a man" an officer of Solomon
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →A valiant man, (1 Kings 4:19), one of Solomon’s purveyors, having jurisdiction over a part of Gilead, comprising all the kingdom of Sihon and part of the kingdom of Og (Deut. 2; 31).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
