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Lexicon :: Strong's H7247 - riḇlâ

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רִבְלָה
Transliteration
riḇlâ
Pronunciation
rib-law'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be fruitful
Strong’s Definitions

רִבְלָה Riblâh, rib-law'; from an unused root meaning to be fruitful; fertile; Riblah, a place in Syria:—Riblah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H7247 in the following manner: Riblah (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H7247 in the following manner: Riblah (11x).

  1. Riblah = "fertility"

    1. a place on the eastern boundary of Israel

    2. a town in the land of Hamath on the great road between Babylon and Palestine

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רִבְלָה Riblâh, rib-law'; from an unused root meaning to be fruitful; fertile; Riblah, a place in Syria:—Riblah.
STRONGS H7247: Abbreviations
† רִבְלָה proper name, of a location.
1. ו׳ in land of Hamath 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Kings 25:21 = Jeremiah 52:27; Jeremiah 39:6; with ה locative, רִבְ֫לָתָךְ 2 Kings 25:6, 20 = Jeremiah 52:26, also ('in land of Hamath') Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:9; בְּרִבְלָ֑תָה Jeremiah 52:10; read רִבְדָמל֫תָה also Ezekiel 6:14 (for MT דִּב׳, see [דִּבְלָה]); Greek Version of the LXX usually Δεβλαθα (also Ezekiel 6:14); modern Ribla on Orontes, RobBR ii. 507; iii. 543 ff. BdPal 3. 405.
2. (מִשְּׁפָם) הָרִבְלָה Numbers 34:11, on northeast border of land of Israel, certainly not so far north as 1, but site unknown; Greek Version of the LXX 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

34:11

2 Kings

23:33; 25:6; 25:20; 25:21

Jeremiah

39:5; 39:6; 52:9; 52:10; 52:26; 52:27

Ezekiel

6:14; 6:14

H7247

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Strong's Number H7247 matches the Hebrew רִבְלָה (riḇlâ),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:11 - then down to Riblah on the east side of Ain. From there the boundary will run down along the eastern edge of the Sea of Galilee,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:33 - Pharaoh Neco put Jehoahaz in prison at Riblah in the land of Hamath to prevent him from ruling[fn] in Jerusalem. He also demanded that Judah pay 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold[fn] as tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6 - They took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:20 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - And there at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon had them all put to death. So the people of Judah were sent into exile from their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the Babylonian[fn] troops chased the king and caught him on the plains of Jericho. They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the land of Hamath. There the king of Babylon pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:6 - He made Zedekiah watch as they slaughtered his sons and all the nobles of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:9 - They took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath. There the king of Babylon pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:10 - He made Zedekiah watch as they slaughtered his sons and all the other officials of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:26 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:27 - And there at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon had them all put to death. So the people of Judah were sent into exile from their land.
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