Lexicon
עֶצְיוֹן גֶּ֫בֶר
ets.yon ge.ver
H6100
N:N--L Hebrew

Ezion-geber

7
Occurrences
4
Books
Hebrew
Language

ets.yon ge.ver names a place associated with travel, encampment, and shipbuilding in the supplied biblical passages.

The term is consistently a proper place name: the passages locate journeys and encampments there and describe travel to it or shipbuilding there.

Senses in use

  1. Named place in travel and maritime settings · dominant

    The form is tagged as a proper noun in every occurrence. In Numbers 33:35 the APB renders the Israelites as camping there, and in Numbers 33:36 as setting out from it; Deuteronomy 2:8 places it on a travel route. In 1 Kings 9:26 and 2 Chronicles 20:36, the APB renders it as the location of fleet or ship construction, while 2 Chronicles 8:17 describes Solomon going there.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB generally presents the term as a place name, especially in clauses about camping, departing, traveling, going, or building ships. In 1 Kings 22:49, the supplied translation does not visibly preserve the place name, so its specific English correspondence cannot be isolated from the whole verse.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture