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 · H2809
chesh.bon — Heshbon
§ Heshbon = "stronghold" the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, located on the western border of the high plain and on the border line between the tribes of Reuben and Gad
37 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4311
me.de.va — Medeba
§ Medeba = "water of rest" a town in Moab assigned to Reuben and located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Heshbon; still extant
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H500
el.a.le — Elealeh
§ Elealeh = "God is ascending" a Reubenite village near Heshbon (in ruins)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1337
bat rab.bim — Bath-rabbim
§ Bath-rabbim = "daughter of multitudes" the city of Heshbon or one of its gates
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Intelligence, a city ruled over by Sihon, king of the Amorites (Josh. 3:10; 13:17). It was taken by Moses (Num. 21:23-26), and became afterwards a Levitical city (Josh. 21:39) in the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:37). After the Exile it was taken possession of by the Moabites (Isa. 15:4; Jer. 48:2, 34, 45). The ruins of this town are still seen about 20 miles east of Jordan from the north end of the Dead Sea. There are reservoirs in this district, which are probably the “fishpools” referred to in Cant. 7:4.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
