Resting
מַרְבֵּץStrong’s H4769marbets (mar-bets)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Marbets is the Hebrew word usually translated “into a resting place of” and “resting place”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.”
Meaning
- Place of lying down, resting or dwelling placeof wild beasts
How it's translated
- into a resting place of 1
- a resting place 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 1
- Zephaniah 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
מַרְבֵּץ marbets · resting
1) place of lying down, resting or dwelling place 1a) of wild beasts
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “resting” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REST'ING, participle present
tense Ceasing to move or act; ceasing to be moved or agitated; lying; leaning; standing; depending or relying.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.