Oboth — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֹבֹת

אֹבֹת

ʼôbôth · pronounced o-both' · Strong's H88 · a place

Oboth means water-skins.

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אוֹב ʼôwb (plural of, H178) — properly, a mumble, i.e. a water-skin (from its hollow sound) open in the lexicon ›

plural of H178; water-skins; Oboth, a place in the Desert.

Num 21:10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. (KJV)

4 occurrences in 4 verses — Numbers

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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