HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6650
צְבֹעִים
tse.vo.im — Zeboim
§ Zeboim = "speckled" city and surrounding valley in Benjamin between Jericho and Jerusalem
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Zeboim
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6636
צְבֹיִים
tse.vo.im — Zeboiim
§ Zeboim or Zeboiim = "gazelles" one of the 5 cities in the plain which included Sodom and Gomorrah
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8038
שֶׁמְאֵ֫בֶר
shem.e.ver — Shemeber
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.14.2 § Shemeber = "lofty flight" king of Zeboim and an ally of the king of Sodom
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Gazelles or roes. (1.) One of the “five cities of the plain” of Sodom, generally coupled with Admah (Gen. 10:19; 14:2; Deut. 29:23; Hos. 11:8). It had a king of its own (Shemeber), and was therefore a place of some importance. It was destroyed along with the other cities of the plain. (2.) A valley or rugged glen somewhere near Gibeah in Benjamin (1 Sam. 13:18). It was probably the ravine now bearing the name Wady Shakh-ed-Dub’a, or “ravine of the hyena,” north of Jericho. (3.) A place mentioned only in Neh. 11:34, inhabited by the Benjamites after the Captivity.
Scripture references
Genesis 10:19Genesis 14:2Deuteronomy 29:23Hosea 11:81 Samuel 13:18Nehemiah 11:34Genesis 14:8Genesis 29:23
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.