BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8512
tel a.viv — Tel-abib
§ Tel-abib = "mound of the flood" a city in Babylon, the home of the prophet Ezekiel, located on the river Chebar which was probably a branch of the Euphrates
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Hill of corn, a place on the river Chebar, the residence of Ezekiel (Ezek. 3:15). The site is unknown.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
