ʻEtsyôwn Geber — H6100

Definition

locative proper noun

Etsjon-Geber, a place on the Red Sea

1. Ezion-geber = "backbone of a man"
2. the last station during the exodus of the Israelites before they came to the wilderness of Zin; located near Elath at the head of the Gulf of Akaba

Usually translated as

Ezion-geber

Origin

from H6096 and H1397; backbone-like of a man

• Derived from ʻâtseh (H6096)
• Derived from Geber (H1397)

Greek equivalents

• ergasía (G2039)

Occurrences

ʻEtsyôwn Geber occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (2)

• Numbers 33:35 — And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber (בְּעֶצְי֥וֹן).
• Numbers 33:36 — And they removed from Ezion-gaber (מֵעֶצְי֣וֹן), and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
• Deuteronomy 2:8 — And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber (וּמֵעֶצְיֹ֣ן), we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
• 1 Kings 9:26 — And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber (בְּעֶצְיֽוֹן), which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
• 1 Kings 22:48 — Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber (בְּעֶצְי֥וֹן).
• 2 Chronicles 8:17 — Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber (לְעֶצְיֽוֹן), and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
• 2 Chronicles 20:36 — And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber (בְּעֶצְי֥וֹן).