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Hobah
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Hiding-place, a place to the north of Damascus, to which Abraham pursued Chedorlaomer and his confederates (Gen. 14:15).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(hiding-place), the place to which Abraham pursued the kings who had pillaged Sodom. (Genesis 14:15) It was situated “to the north of Damascus.”
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
HO'BAH (hiding-place), a place beyond Damascus to which Abraham pursued the confederate kings. Gen 14:15. Two miles to the north of Damascus is Jobar, which the Jews regard as the Hobah of Scripture. There they had a synagogue dedicated to Elijah. Others fix the site at Buzrah, 3 miles north of Damascus: Delitszch suggests Hoba, a fountain near Karzetan, as Hobah.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
love; friendship; secrecy
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
HO'BAH (hiding-place), a place beyond Damascus to which Abraham pursued the confederate kings. Gen 14:15. Two miles to the north of Damascus is Jobar, which the Jews regard as the Hobah of Scripture. There they had a synagogue dedicated to Elijah. Others fix the site at Buzrah, 3 miles north of Damascus: Delitszch suggests Hoba, a fountain near Karzetan, as Hobah.