BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2870
ta.ve.el — Tabeel
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.4.7 § Tabeal = "God is good" an officer of the Persian government in Samaria in the reign of Artaxerxes
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Goodness of God, the father of one whom the kings of Syria and Samaria in vain attempted to place on the throne of Ahaz (Isa. 7:6).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
