HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2578
חֲמַת צוֹבָה
cha.mat tso.vah — Hamath-zobah
Hamath-Zobah = "fortress of Zobah" a town ; maybe same as 'Hammath' Another name of tso.va (צוֹבָא "Zobah" H6678G)
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Hamath-zobah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8412
תַּדְמֹר
tad.mor — Tadmor
Tadmor = "palm tree" a city built by Solomon after his conquest of Hamath-zobah Also named: ta.mar (תָּמָר "Tamar" H8559K)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Fortress of Zobah, (2 Chr. 8:3) is supposed by some to be a different place from the foregoing; but this is quite uncertain.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.