HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H88
אֹבֹת
o.vot — Oboth
§ Oboth = "waterskins" undetermined site of an Israelite camp in the wilderness (perhaps at east boundary of Moab)
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Oboth
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7344
רְחֹבוֹת
re.cho.vot — Rehoboth
§ Rehoboth = "wide places or streets" the 3rd of a series of wells dug by Isaac in the territory of the Philistines
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Bottles, an encampment of the Israelites during the wanderings in the wilderness (Num. 33:43), the first after the setting up of the brazen serpent.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.