Strong H4311מֵידְבָא

Medeba

Transliteration: mêydebâ'
Pronunciation: may-deb-aw'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H4325 and H1679; water of quiet;
{Medeba} a place in Palestine.

Meaning of the name

Medeba = "water of rest"

Detailed definition

Medeba, a city in Moab captured by the Israelites (Numbers 21:30; Joshua 13:9, 16), later a site of battle between the Ammonites and David's army (1 Chronicles 19:7).

In the biblical story

Medeba

A Moabite city captured by the Israelites

Medeba, a city in Moab captured by the Israelites (Numbers 21:30; Joshua 13:9, 16), later a site of battle between the Ammonites and David's army (1 Chronicles 19:7).

In the Bible

Strong H4311 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

Numbers 21:30
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
Joshua 13:9
From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
Joshua 13:16
And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
1 Chronicles 19:7
So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
Isaiah 15:2
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

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