Ezion-geber
עֶצְיוֹן גֶּ֫בֶרStrong’s H6100etsyon gever (ets-yon ge-ver)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Etsyon gever is the Hebrew word usually translated “geber”, “at ezion” and “from ezion”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.”
Meaning
- § Ezion-geber = "backbone of a man"
How it's translated
- geber 7
- at ezion 3
- from ezion 1
- and from ezion 1
- to ezion 1
- in ezion 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 2
- 1 Kings 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Deuteronomy 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 33:36And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
- Deuteronomy 2:8And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
- 1 Kings 9:26And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
- 2 Chronicles 8:17Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
- 2 Chronicles 20:36And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.
Hebrew dictionary
עֶצְיוֹן גֶּ֫בֶר etsyon gever · Ezion-geber
§ Ezion-geber = "backbone of a man" the last station during the exodus of the Israelites before they came to the wilderness of Zin; located near Elath at the head of the Gulf of Akaba
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.