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Dumah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(silence). 1. A son of Ishmael, most probably the founder of the Ishmaelite tribe of Arabia, and thence the name of the principal place of district inhabited by that tribe. Ge 25:14; 1Ch 1:30; Isa 21:11 2. A city in the mountainous district of Judah, near Hebron, Jos 15:52 represented by the ruins of a village called ed-Daumeh, six miles sou...

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Ebal in Hitchcock's Bible Names

ancient heaps...

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Ebed-melech in Naves Topical Bible

(An Ethiopian) -Jeremiah rescued by Jer 38:7-13 -Prophecy concerning Jer 39:16-18...

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Eber in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Son of Salah, great grandson of Shem (Genesis 10:21-24; 1 Chronicles 1:19; Numbers 24:24, where the "Eber" whom "ships from Chittim shall afflict" represents not the Hebrew, but in general the western descendants of Shem, sprung from Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram; the posterity of Abraham who descended from Eber through Peleg, and also the descendan...

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Eder in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

e'-der ('edher, "flock"): (1) One of the "uttermost cities" of Judah in the Negeb ("South") near the border of Edom (Josh 15:21), possibly Kh. el `Adar, 5 miles South of Gaza, but probably this is too far west. (2) Eder (the King James Version Edar) or better Migdal Eder, mighdal `edher, "the tower of the flock"; Gader. After Rachel died...

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Edom in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(red). The name Edom was given to Esau, the first-born son of Isaac and twin brother of Jacob, when he sold his birthright to the latter for a meal of lentil pottage. The country which the Lord subsequently gave to Esau was hence called "the country of Edom," Ge 32:3 and his descendants were called Edomites. Edom was called Mount Seir and Idum...

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Dumah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

silence, (comp. Ps. 94:17), the fourth son of Ishmael; also the tribe descended from him; and hence also the region in Arabia which they inhabited (Gen. 25:14; 1 Chr. 1:30). There was also a town of this name in Judah (Josh. 15:52), which has been identified with ed-Domeh, about 10 miles southwest of Hebron. The place mentioned in the "bu...

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Ebed in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

e'-bed (`ebhedh, "servant"): (1) Father of Gaal, who rebelled against Abimelech (Jdg 9:26- 35). (2) A companion of Ezra in his return (Ezr 8:6) = Obeth (1 Esdras 8:32)....

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Ebed-melech in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a king's servant), an Ethiopian eunuch in the service of King Zedekiah, through whose interference Jeremiah was released from prison. Jer 38:7 ff.; Jere 39:15 ff. (B.C. 1589)....

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Eber in Hitchcock's Bible Names

one that passes; anger...

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