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Tebah (Hastings' Dictionary)

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

A 'son' of Nahor bj' his concubine Reumah, Gn 22" [J]. The name stands for an Aramasan town, prob. the same as is named in 2 S 8' [where read, after LXX, Pesh., and 1 Ch 18', nao for nai. See Tibhath]. TEBALIAH (i.t^js' J" hath dipped, i.e. purified' ; B lafiXa.l, A Ta;3£\(as, Luc. Ta/ie^^X).— A Merarite gatekeeper, 1 Ch 26".

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Tebah — ISBE (1915) article

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Tebah

Tebah te'-ba (tebhach): A son of Nahor, the brother of Abraham (Ge 22:24). ⇒See a list of verses on TEBAH in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

Smith's Bible Dictionary on Tebah

(slaughter), eldest of the sons of Nahor by his concubine Reumah. (Genesis 22:24) (B.C. 1872.)

References

  1. Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
  2. Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
  3. Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
  4. Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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