Argob
אַרְגֹּבStrong’s H0709argov (ar-gov)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Argov is the Hebrew word usually translated “argob”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.”
Meaning
- § Argob = "heap of clods"
- A district or area in Bashan
- One of king Pekah's officers
How it's translated
- argob 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 3
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Kings 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 3:13And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
- Deuteronomy 3:14Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
- 1 Kings 4:13The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
- 2 Kings 15:25But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
Hebrew dictionary
אַרְגֹּב argov · Argob
§ Argob = "heap of clods" a district or area in Bashan
אַרְגֹּב argov · Argob
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.15.25 § Argob = "heap of clods" 1) a district or area in Bashan 2) one of king Pekah's officers
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.