HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5044
נִבְשָׁן
niv.shan — Nibshan
§ Nibshan = "soft soil" one of the 6 cities of Judah which were in the wilderness
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Nibshan
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Fertile; light soil, a city somewhere “in the wilderness” of Judah (Josh. 15:62), probably near Engedi.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.