HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3810
לֹא דְבָר
lo de.var — Lo-debar
Lo-debar = "not a pasture" a town in Manasseh in Gilead east of the Jordan Also named: lid.vir (לִדְבִר "Debir" H1688B)
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Lo-debar
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5988
עַמִּיאֵל
am.mi.el — Ammiel
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.13.12; son of: Gemalli (H1582) § Ammiel = "my kinsman is God" 1) the spy from the tribe of Dan who perished in the plague for his evil report 2) father of Machir of Lo-debar 3) father of Bathsheba; also 'Eliam' 4) the 6th son of Obed-edom and doorkeeper of the temple
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No pasture, (2 Sam. 17:27), a town in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok (9:4, 5). It is probably identical with Debir (Josh. 13:26).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.