Têl ʼÂbîyb — H8512

Definition

locative proper noun

Tel-Abib, a place in Chaldaea

1. Tel-abib = "mound of the flood"
2. a city in Babylon, the home of the prophet Ezekiel, located on the river Chebar which was probably a branch of the Euphrates

Usually translated as

Tel-abib

Origin

from H8510 and H24; mound of green growth

• Derived from Têl (H8510)
• Derived from ʼâbîyb (H24)

Occurrences

Têl ʼÂbîyb occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezekiel (1)

• Ezekiel 3:15 — Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib (תֵּ֣ל), that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.