HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2327
חוֹבָה
cho.vah — Hobah
§ Hobah = "hiding place" a city north of Damascus to which Abraham pursued the kings who had pillaged Sodom
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Hobah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Hiding-place, a place to the north of Damascus, to which Abraham pursued Chedorlaomer and his confederates (Gen. 14:15).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.