Strong's Lexicon

H7247

H7247 — רִבלָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewRiblahName/l.Occurrences: 11

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7247
Word:רִבלָה
Part of Speech:Name/l.
Etymology:from an unused root meaning to be fruitful
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:11
Transliteration:Riblah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:rib-law'
Meaning:1. fertile 2. Riblah, a place in Syria
KJV Renderings:Riblah.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7716

רִבְלָה proper name [of a location]

1. ׳ ו in land of Hamath 2Kgs 23:33; 2Kgs 25:21 = Jer 52:27; Jer 39:6 with ה locative, רִבְ֫לָתָךְ 2Kgs 25:6; 2Kgs 25:20 = Jer 52:26, also ('in land of Hamath') Jer 39:5; Jer 52:9 בְּרִבְלָ֑תָה Jer 52:10 read רִבְדָמל֫תָה also Ezek 6:14 (for ᵑ0 ׳ דִּב, see [ דִּבְלָה ]); ᵐ5 usually Δεβλαθα (also Ezek 6:14); modern Ribla on Orontes, RobBR ii. 507; iii. 543 ff. BdPal 3. 405.
2. (מִשְּׁפָם) הָרִבְלָה Num 34:11, on northeast border of land of Israel, certainly not so far north as 1, but site unknown; ᵐ5 ἀπὀ σεπφαμαρ Βηλα, whence Di and others conjecture הַרְבֵּ֫לָךְ, but not Harmel, 8 miles southwest from ׳ ו 1 (WetzstZAW iii (1883), 274 f.), see DrHast. DB.


רַבמָֿ֑ג, רַבסָֿרִיס see II. רַב .


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