Argob — the meaning of the Hebrew name אַרְגֹּב

אַרְגֹּב

ʼArgôb · pronounced ar-gobe' · Strong's H709 · a man and a place

Argob means stony.

Built from

רֶגֶב regeb (the same as, H7263) — a lump of clay open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from the same as H7263; stony; Argob, a district of Palestine.

First appearance

Deut 3:4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. (KJV)

Every verse that names Argob

5 occurrences in 5 verses — Deuteronomy, 1 Kings, 2 Kings

Deut 3:4Deut 3:13Deut 3:141Kgs 4:132Kgs 15:25

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