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Eber in Naves Topical Bible

Also called HEBER -1. The probable founder of the Hebrew race Ge 10:21-25; 11:14; 1Ch 1:19,25; Lu 3:35 Prophecy concerning Nu 24:24 -2. A Gadite, called HEBER 1Ch 5:13 -3. A Benjamite 1Ch 8:12 -4. A Benjamite of Jerusalem 1Ch 8:22 -5. A priest Ne 12:20...

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Eden in Easton's Bible Dictionary

delight. (1.) The garden in which our first parents dewlt (Gen. 2:8-17). No geographical question has been so much discussed as that bearing on its site. It has been placed in Armenia, in the region west of the Caspian Sea, in Media, near Damascus, in Israel, in Southern Arabia, and in Babylonia. The site must undoubtedly be sought for so...

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Eder in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a flock...

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Ebal in Easton's Bible Dictionary

stony. (1.) A mountain 3,076 feet above the level of the sea, and 1,200 feet above the level of the valley, on the north side of which stood the city of Shechem (q.v.). On this mountain six of the tribes (Deut. 27:12,13) were appointed to take their stand and respond according to a prescribed form to the imprecations uttered in the valley...

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Ebed in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a servant; laborer...

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Eber in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(the region beyond). 1. Son of Salah, and great-grandson of Shem. Ge 10:24; 1Ch 1:19 (B.C. 2277-1813.) [For confusion between Eber and Heber see HEBER] 2. Son of Elpaal and descendant of Sharahaim of the tribe of Benjamin. 1Ch 8:12 (B.C. 1400). 3. A priest in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua. Ne 12:20 (B.C. 445.)...

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Edom in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

e'-dum, e'-dum-its 'edhom, "red"; Edom): 1. Boundaries: The boundaries of Edom may be traced with some approach to accuracy. On the East of the `Arabah the northern border ran from the Dead Sea, and was marked by Wady el-Kurachi, or Wady el-Chasa. On the East it marched with the desert. The southern border ran by Elath and Ezion-geber (Dt...

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Dumah in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Ishmael Ge 25:14; 1Ch 1:30; Isa 21:11,12 -2. A city of Canaan assigned to Judah Jos 15:52...

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Eden in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("delight".) ("Paradise",) the Septuagint translation of "garden," a park and pleasure ground. From the Zendic pairidaeza, a hedging round. In N.W. Mesopotamia an Eden is mentioned near the Tigris (2 Kings 19:12; Isaiah 37:12; Ezekiel 27:23). Another, in Coelosyria, near Damascus (Amos 1:5). The primitive Eden was somewhere in the locality co...

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Ebal in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. The hill upon which the curses of the law were to be read; as on the opposite hill GERIZIM the blessings (Deuteronomy 11:29-30; Deuteronomy 27:12-13; Joshua 8:30-35). The valley wherein Shethem or Sichem (now Nablous) lay runs between the two hills. Ebal the mount of the curse, is steeper and more barren; Gerizim, the mount of the blessing,...

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