Library Home>All Subjects>B Subjects>Bath-rabbim

Bath-rabbim

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(daughter of many). A gate of ancient Heshbon (Song of Sol. 7:4⁴Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. (Song of Solomon 7:4)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Gate of the ancient city of Heshbon, to the fishpools of which the bridegroom compares the eyes of his beloved (Song of Sol. 7:4⁴Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. (Song of Solomon 7:4)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1337 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Bath

Phonic:

Rabbiym

Meaning:

from 1323 and a masculine plural from 7227; the daughter (i.e. city) of Rabbah

KJV Usage:

Bath-rabbim

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

daughter of many Bath she’ba, daughter of the oath

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

one of the gates of ancient Heshbon, Sol. Song 7:4. {Filia multarum-Daughter, i. e., city of many:}