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Tabor — the meaning of the Hebrew name תָּבוֹר

תָּבוֹר

Tâbôwr · pronounced taw-bore' · Strong's H8396 · a people

Tabor means broken region.

Built from

תְּבַר tᵉbar (root corresponding to, H8406) — to be fragile (figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from a root corresponding to H8406; broken region; Tabor, a mountain in Palestine, also a city adjacent.

First appearance

Josh 19:22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth–shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. (KJV)

Every verse that names Tabor

10 occurrences in 10 verses — Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, Psalms, Jeremiah, Hosea

Josh 19:22Judg 4:6Judg 4:12Judg 4:14Judg 8:181Sam 10:31Chr 6:62Ps 89:13Jer 46:18Hos 5:1

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