HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2773
חֹרֹנַיִם
cho.ro.na.yim — Horonaim
§ Horonaim = "two caves" a town of Moab
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Horonaim
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5571
סַנְבַלַּט
san.val.lat — Sanballat
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.2.10 § Sanballat = "strength" a Moabite of Horonaim and the opponent of Nehemiah and the returned exiles in their goal of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
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חֹרֹנִי
cho.ro.ni — Horonite
Someone descended from Horon(?), first mentioned at Neh.2.10 § Horonite = "native of Horonaim" 1) an inhabitant of Horonaim in Moab 1a) the designation of Sanballat, the opponent of Nehemiah
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Two caverns, a city of Moab to the south of the Arnon, built, apparently, upon an eminence, and a place of some importance (Isa. 15:5; Jer. 48:3, 5, 34).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.