Mêydᵉbâʼ — H4311

Definition

locative proper noun

Medeba, a place in Palestine

1. Medeba = "water of rest"
2. a town in Moab assigned to Reuben and located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Heshbon; still extant

Usually translated as

Medeba

Origin

from H4325 and H1679; water of quiet

• Derived from Mayim (H4325)
• Derived from Dôbeʼ (H1679)

Occurrences

Mêydᵉbâʼ occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), Joshua (2), 1 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1)

• Numbers 21:30 — We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba (מֵֽידְבָֽא).
• Joshua 13:9 — From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba (מֵידְבָ֖א) unto Dibon;
• Joshua 13:16 — And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba (מֵידְבָֽא);
• 1 Chronicles 19:7 — So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba (מֵידְבָ֑א). And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
• Isaiah 15:2 — He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba (מֵֽידְבָא֙): on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.