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Thebez — the meaning of the Hebrew name תֵּבֵץ

תֵּבֵץ

Têbêts · pronounced tay-bates' · Strong's H8405 · a place

Thebez means whiteness.

Built from

בּוּץ bûwts (the same as, H948) — probably cotton (of some sort) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from the same as H948; whiteness; Tebets, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

Judg 9:50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. (KJV)

Every verse that names Thebez

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Judges, 2 Samuel

Judg 9:502Sam 11:21

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