Strong H7740שָׁוֵה
Shaveh
- Transliteration
- shâvêh
- Pronunciation
- shaw-vay'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
From H7737; plain;
{Shaveh} a place in Palestine: - Shaveh.
{Shaveh} a place in Palestine: - Shaveh.
Meaning of the name
Shaveh = "plain" or "level plain"
Detailed definition
Shaveh Kiriathaim was a valley where Chedorlaomer and his allies defeated the Emites before battling the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 14:5, 17).
In the biblical story
Kiriathaim
A Moabite city, later allotted to Reuben
Kiriathaim, also known as Kerioth, was a Moabite city later allotted to the tribe of Reuben (Numbers 32:37; Joshua 13:19; Jeremiah 48:1, 23).
In the Bible
Strong H7740 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shaveh1
First verses
- Genesis 14:17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.