HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2463
חֶלְבּוֹן
chel.bon — Helbon
§ Helbon = "fertile" a town a few miles northwest of Damascus, modern 'Helbon', still noted for its fine grapes
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Helbon
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Historical dictionary entry
Fat; i.e., “fertile”, (Ezek. 27: 18 only), a place whence wine was brought to the great market of Tyre. It has been usually identified with the modern Aleppo, called Haleb by the native Arabs, but is more probably to be found in one of the villages in the Wady Helbon, which is celebrated for its grapes, on the east slope of Anti-Lebanon, north of the river Barada (Abana).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.