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Obelisk (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

Hos 3‘RVm. See PILLAR. OBETH (B Οὐβήν, A 0870), 1 Es 8"=Ebed, Ezr 8°. OBIL (3κ; B ᾿Αβίας, A Οὐβίας; Luc. ὨΒΩΔ.,, Che overseer of David’s camels, 1 Ch 27”. The 5 aame is probably Arabic (cf. J! ‘able to manage camels’; see Oxy. Heb. Lex. a.v.).

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