Tsôwbâʼ — H6678

Definition

locative proper noun

Zoba or Zobah, a region of Syria

1. Zoba or Zobah = "station"
2. the name of a portion of Syria which formed a separate kingdom in the times of Saul, David, and Solomon; located northeast of Damascus

Usually translated as

Zobah, Zoba

Origin

or Tsôwbâh; or Tsôbâh; from an unused root meaning to station; a station

Occurrences

Tsôwbâʼ occurs 12 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (6), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (4)

• 1 Samuel 14:47 — So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah (צוֹבָה֙), and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
• 2 Samuel 8:3 — David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah (צוֹבָ֑ה), as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
• 2 Samuel 8:5 — And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah (צוֹבָ֑ה), David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
• 2 Samuel 8:12 — Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah (צוֹבָֽה).
• 2 Samuel 10:6 — And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba (צוֹבָ֗א), twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.
• 2 Samuel 10:8 — And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba (צוֹבָ֤א), and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
• 2 Samuel 23:36 — Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah (מִצֹּבָ֔ה), Bani the Gadite,
• 1 Kings 11:23 — And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah (צוֹבָ֖ה):
• 1 Chronicles 18:3 — And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah (צוֹבָ֖ה) unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
• 1 Chronicles 18:5 — And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah (צוֹבָ֑ה), David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
• 1 Chronicles 18:9 — Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah (צוֹבָֽה);
• 1 Chronicles 19:6 — And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah (וּמִצּוֹבָ֔ה).