Qibrôwth hat-Taʼă-vâh — H6914

Definition

locative proper noun

Kibroth-hat-Taavh, a place in the Desert

1. Kibroth-hattaavah = "graves of lust"
2. a station of Israel in the wilderness 3 campsites away from Sinai near the gulf of Akabah

Usually translated as

Kibroth-hattaavah

Origin

from the feminine plural of H6913 and H8378 with the article interposed; graves of the longing

• Derived from Qeber (H6913)
• Derived from Taʼăvâh (H8378)

Occurrences

Qibrôwth hat-Taʼă-vâh occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (4), Deuteronomy (1)

• Numbers 11:34 — And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah (קִבְר֣וֹת): because there they buried the people that lusted.
• Numbers 11:35 — And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah (מִקִּבְר֧וֹת) unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
• Numbers 33:16 — And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah (בְּקִבְרֹ֥ת).
• Numbers 33:17 — And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah (מִקִּבְרֹ֣ת), and encamped at Hazeroth.
• Deuteronomy 9:22 — And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah (וּבְקִבְרֹ֖ת), ye provoked the LORD to wrath.