Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6100
עֶצְיוֹן גֶּ֫בֶר
ets.yon ge.ver · “Ezion-geber”
Used 14 times across 4 books
Definition
§ Ezion-geber = "backbone of a man"
the last station during the exodus of the Israelites before they came to the wilderness of Zin; located near Elath at the head of the Gulf of Akaba
Where it appears
Numbers4
Deuteronomy2
1 Kings4
2 Chronicles4
In the text
Numbers 33:35And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion–gaber.Numbers 33:36And they removed from Ezion–gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.Deuteronomy 2:8And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion–gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.1 Kings 9:26And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion–geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.1 Kings 22:49Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.2 Chronicles 8:17Then went Solomon to Ezion–geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.2 Chronicles 20:36And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion–geber.
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