ʼôbôth — H88

Definition

locative proper noun

Oboth, a place in the Desert

1. Oboth = "waterskins"
2. undetermined site of an Israelite camp in the wilderness (perhaps at east boundary of Moab)

Usually translated as

Oboth

Origin

plural of H178; water-skins

• ʼôwb (H178)

Occurrences

ʼôbôth occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (4)

• Numbers 21:10 — And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth (בְּאֹבֹֽת).
• Numbers 21:11 — And they journeyed from Oboth (מֵאֹבֹ֑ת), and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
• Numbers 33:43 — And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth (בְּאֹבֹֽת).
• Numbers 33:44 — And they departed from Oboth (מֵאֹבֹ֑ת), and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab.