ZEBOIM
1. One of the four royal cities in the vale of Siddim, destroyed by fire from heaven. See SODOM. Eusebius and Jerome mention a town by this name in their day, on the western shore of the Dead sea.2. A valley and town of the Benjamites, east of Michmash, 1Sa 13:18 Neh 11:34 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Zeboim
a name which occurs in two distinct forms in the original, denoting different localities.
1. (Heb. Tseboini’, . gazelles, as often, Hos 11:8; or shorter, Tsebom’, [marg. ], Gen 10:19; or [marg. ], Gen 14:2; Gen 14:8 [A.V. Zebom]; Deu 29:23; Sept. v.r. ; Vulg. Zebom), one of the five cities destroyed by divine visitation in the vale of Siddim (Hos 11:8), mentioned immediately after Admah (Gen 10:19; Deu 29:23), and ruled over by a separate king, Shemeber (Gen 14:2; Gen 14:8). De Saulcy finds the site of Zebom in the Talda Sebaan, a name which he reports as attached to extensive ruins on the high ground between the Dead Sea and Kerak (Dead Sea, 1, 383); but the position as well as the elevation is improbable, and the ancient spot is most likely beneath the water of the southern bay of the sea. SEE SODOM; SEE ZOAR.
2. (Heb. with the art. hats-Tsebom’, , the hyenas; Sept. v.r. , , etc.; Vulg. Seboimn), the name of a valley (), i.e. a ravine or gorge, apparently east of Michmash, mentioned in 1Sa 13:18, where it is described with a curious minuteness, which is unfortunately no longer intelligible. The road running from Michmash to the east is specified as the road of the border that looketh to the ravine of Zeboim towards the wilderness. The wilderness (midbar) is no doubt the district of uncultivated mountaintops and sides which lies between the central district of Benjamin and the Jordan valley, and here apparently the ravine of Zeboim should be sought. In that very district there is a wild gorge, bearing the name of Shuk ed-Duba, ravine of the hyena, up which runs the path from Jericho to Mukhmas (Conder, Tent Work in Palest. 3, 16). It is represented on the new Ordnance Map as running for a short distance N.E. of Ain Dk. The same place or a town adjacent seems to be mentioned in Neh 11:34 (where it occurs without the art. prefixed)-confounding it, nevertheless, with the Zebom of Genesis-as occupied after the Captivity. Rabbi Schwarz, however, maintains that the two places are different, and, while locating the valley as above (Palest. p. 156), he identifies the Zebom of Nehemiah with the village Zuba, situated on .a high mount, three English miles west of Jerusalem (ibid. p. 134). He adds, In [the Talmudical tract] Challah, 4:10 is mentioned the Mount. Zeboim. He doubtless refers to the ruined village Soba, about six miles west of Jerusalem, near Eshtaol; but this has little probability.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Zeboim
gazelles or roes. (1.) One of the “five cities of the plain” of Sodom, generally coupled with Admah (Gen. 10:19; 14:2; Deut. 29:23; Hos. 11:8). It had a king of its own (Shemeber), and was therefore a place of some importance. It was destroyed along with the other cities of the plain.
(2.) A valley or rugged glen somewhere near Gibeah in Benjamin (1 Sam. 13:18). It was probably the ravine now bearing the name Wady Shakh-ed-Dub’a, or “ravine of the hyena,” north of Jericho.
(3.) A place mentioned only in Neh. 11:34, inhabited by the Benjamites after the Captivity.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Zeboim
ZEBOIM.1. The ravine of Zebim (ravine of the hynas) is named in 1Sa 13:18 in describing the route followed by one of the bands of Philistine maranders. It is prob. the Wdy el-Kelt or one of its branches. The name Wdy ab Dab (hyna gorge) is still applied to a ravine in this neighbourhood. The same locality appears to be referred to in the Zeboim of Neh 11:34. 2. Hos 11:8. See Zeboiim.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Zeboim
One of the cities of the plain. (Gen 14:2) The word appears to be plural, and probably the place abounded with deer and goats, as the word means.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Zeboim
ze-bom ((1) , cebhom; , Seboem (Neh 11:34); (2) , ge hacebhom; , Ga ten Samen (1Sa 13:18)):
(1) A Benjamite town mentioned as between HADID (which see) and NEBALLAT (which see), and therefore in the maritime plain near Lydda; the site is lost (Neh 11:34). (2) The Valley of Zeboim, the valley of hyenas, one of three companies of the Philistines left their camp at Michmash and turned the way of the border that looketh down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness (1Sa 13:18). There are several valleys with names derived from the hyena, so common in these parts. There is a small branch valley called Shakked daba, ravine of the hyenas, North of the Wady kelt (Grove), a, Wady abu daba, valley of the father of hyenas, which joins the Wady kelt from the South (Marti), and a large and well-known Wady daba, valley of hyenas, which runs parallel with the Wady kelt, some 3 miles farther South, and ends at the Dead Sea. The first of these, which apparently leads to Mukhmas itself, seems the most probable. See Conder’s Handbook, 241.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Zeboim
Zeboim, 1
Zeboim, a valley and town in the tribe of Benjamin (1Sa 13:18; Neh 11:34).
Zeboim, 2
Zeboim, a city in the vale of Siddim, destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 10:19; Gen 14:2; Hos 11:8). [SODOM].
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Zeboim
H6636 H6650
1. Called also Zeboiim, one of the cities in the valley of Siddim
Gen 10:19; Gen 14:2; Gen 14:8; Deu 29:23; Hos 11:8
2. A city and valley in Benjamin
1Sa 13:18; Neh 11:34
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Zeboim
Zeboim (ze-b’im), hynas. It was a gorge or ravine apparently east of Mich-mash, and mentioned only In 1Sa 13:18. The “wilderness” is the wild tract between the central hills and the valley of the Jordan.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Zeboim
Zebo’im. (gazelles).
1. One of the five cities of the “plain” or circle of Jordan. It is mentioned in Gen 10:19; Gen 14:2; Gen 14:8; Gen 29:23; Hos 11:8, in each, of which passages, it is either coupled with Admah or placed next it in the lists — perhaps represented by Talaa Sebaan, a name attached to extensive ruins on the high ground between the Dead Sea and Kerak. In Gen 14:2; Gen 14:8, the name is given more correctly, in the Authorized Version, as Zeboiim.
2. The valley of Zeboim, a ravine or gorge, apparently east of Michmash, mentioned only in 1Sa 13:18. The road running from Michmash to the east is specified as “the road of the border that looketh to the ravine of Zeboim toward the wilderness.” The wilderness is no doubt the district of uncultivated mountain tops and sides which lies between the central district of Benjamin and the Jordan valley. In that very district, there is a wild gorge bearing the name of Shuk ed-Dubba’, ravine of the hyena, “the exact equivalent of Ge hat-tsebo’im”.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Zeboim
one of the four cities of the Pentapolis, consumed by fire from heaven, Gen 14:2; Gen 19:24. Eusebius and St. Jerom speak of Zeboim as of a city remaining in their time, upon the western shores of the Dead Sea. Consequently, after the time of Lot this city must have been rebuilt near the place where it had stood before. Mention is made of the valley of Zeboim, 1Sa 13:18, and of a city of the same name in the tribe of Benjamin, Neh 11:34.