1015. Beth Diblathayim
Strong's Lexicon
Beth Diblathayim: House of Fig Cakes

Original Word: בֵּית דִּבְלָתיִם
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Beyth Diblathayim
Pronunciation: bayth dib-lah-thah'-yim
Phonetic Spelling: (bayth dib-law-thah'-yim)
Definition: House of Fig Cakes
Meaning: Beth-Diblathajim

Word Origin: Derived from בַּיִת (bayith, meaning "house") and דִּבְלָה (diblah, meaning "fig cake" or "figs")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Beth Diblathayim in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific Hebrew place name.

Usage: Beth Diblathayim is a place name mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The name suggests a location associated with the production or abundance of figs, which were a staple food in ancient Israel and surrounding regions.

Cultural and Historical Background: Beth Diblathayim is believed to be a Moabite city, as indicated by its mention in the context of prophecies against Moab. Moab was a neighboring nation to Israel, often in conflict with the Israelites. The city’s name reflects the agricultural richness of the region, particularly in fig cultivation, which was common in the ancient Near East.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from bayith and a word from the same as debelah
Definition
a place in Moab (the same as NH5963)
NASB Translation
Beth-diblathaim (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
בֵּית דִּבְלָתָ֑יִם proper name, of a location in Moab Jeremiah 48:22 = עַלְמֹן דִּבְלָתָ֑יְמָה Numbers 33:46,47 (MI בת דבלתן) see ׳ד.

דִּבְלָתַ֫יִם in proper name, of a location see ׳בית ד, ׳עלמן ד (possibly from √ דבל in sense of collect, assemble, Ethiopic III. 3 se colligere, coetus, chorus, conventus, concilium) — Jeremiah 48:22; דִּבְלָתָ֑יְמָה Numbers 33:46,47.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Beth-diblathaim

From bayith and the dual of dbelah; house of (the) two figcakes; Beth-Diblathajim, a place East of the Jordan -- Beth-diblathaim.

see HEBREW bayith

see HEBREW dbelah

Forms and Transliterations
דִּבְלָתָֽיִם׃ דבלתים׃ diḇ·lā·ṯā·yim diḇlāṯāyim divlaTayim
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Englishman's Concordance
Jeremiah 48:22
HEB: וְעַל־ בֵּ֖ית דִּבְלָתָֽיִם׃
NAS: Dibon, Nebo and Beth-diblathaim,
KJV: and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,
INT: Nebo against and Beth-diblathaim

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Strong's Hebrew 1015
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diḇ·lā·ṯā·yim — 1 Occ.















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