Arbathite

Easton's Bible Dictionary

2 Samuel 23:311 Chronicles 11:32Joshua 15:61

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(2 Samuel 23:31) dweller in the Aarbah or Ghor. (See ARABAH.)

Holman Bible Dictionary

2 Samuel 23:31Beth-Arabah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ARBATHITE ( 2 Samuel 23:31 ). ‘A native of Beth-arabah,’ a town in the wilderness of Judah ( Joshua 15:6; Joshua 15:51; Joshua 18:22 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Native of the northern Arabah, or el-Ghor. 2 Samuel 23:31; Chr. 11:32.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ar´bath -ı̄t ( הערבתי , hā - ‛arbhāthı̄ ): Perhaps "a native of the Arabah." Klostermann suggests "a native of Beth-arabah." The Arbathite is Abi-albon (2 Samuel 23:31 ), also named Abiel (1 Chronicles 11:32 ), one of David's heroes.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Arbathi', עִרְבָתִי , Sept. Ἀραβωθίτης, but in Chronicles Σαραβεθθεί v. r. Γαραβαιθί ), an epithet of Abiel, one of David's warriors (2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:32), probably as being an inhabitant of ARABAH (See Arabah) (Joshua 15:61; Joshua 23:22).