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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53891" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53891" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Shibah]] </strong> . | <p> <strong> [[Shibah]] </strong> . A name given to a well dug by Isaac ( [[Genesis]] 26:33 ), which gave its name to the town <strong> [[Beersheba]] </strong> (wh. see). The word means, according to the writer, ‘an oath’; and <em> Beersheba </em> is ‘the well of the oath,’ so named from the swearing of the oath of friendship between Isaac and [[Abimelech]] ( Genesis 26:31 ). In Genesis 21:22-31 we have another account, according to which the well was dug by [[Abraham]] and received its name from the oath between Abraham and Abimelech. There is also a play on the word <em> shÄ•bû‘ah </em> , ‘oath’ and <em> sheba </em> ‘, ‘seven,’ as a sacrifice of seven lambs was offered. Perhaps the name, however, was already in existence before Abraham’s time, and the writer simply gives a more or less plausible explanation of its derivation. </p> <p> W. F. Boyd. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43791" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43791" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8475" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8475" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' shı̄´ba ''''' ( שׁבעה , <i> ''''' shibh‛āh ''''' </i> , "seven"; ὅρκος , <i> ''''' hórkos ''''' </i> ; Swete reads Φρέαρ ὅρκου , <i> ''''' Phréar ''''' </i> <i> ''''' hórkou ''''' </i> , literally, "well of oath"; the King James Version [[Shebah]] ): The name of the original well of Beer-sheba according to Genesis 26:33 . See | <p> ''''' shı̄´ba ''''' ( שׁבעה , <i> ''''' shibh‛āh ''''' </i> , "seven"; ὅρκος , <i> ''''' hórkos ''''' </i> ; Swete reads Φρέαρ ὅρκου , <i> ''''' Phréar ''''' </i> <i> ''''' hórkou ''''' </i> , literally, "well of oath"; the King James Version [[Shebah]] ): The name of the original well of Beer-sheba according to Genesis 26:33 . See Beersheba . </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:01, 13 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Shibah . A name given to a well dug by Isaac ( Genesis 26:33 ), which gave its name to the town Beersheba (wh. see). The word means, according to the writer, ‘an oath’; and Beersheba is ‘the well of the oath,’ so named from the swearing of the oath of friendship between Isaac and Abimelech ( Genesis 26:31 ). In Genesis 21:22-31 we have another account, according to which the well was dug by Abraham and received its name from the oath between Abraham and Abimelech. There is also a play on the word shÄ•bû‘ah , ‘oath’ and sheba ‘, ‘seven,’ as a sacrifice of seven lambs was offered. Perhaps the name, however, was already in existence before Abraham’s time, and the writer simply gives a more or less plausible explanation of its derivation.
W. F. Boyd.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Genesis 26:33
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
shı̄´ba ( שׁבעה , shibh‛āh , "seven"; ὅρκος , hórkos ; Swete reads Φρέαρ ὅρκου , Phréar hórkou , literally, "well of oath"; the King James Version Shebah ): The name of the original well of Beer-sheba according to Genesis 26:33 . See Beersheba .
