Diblaim

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Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]

(doubled grape cakes). Gomer, Hosea's ( Hosea 1:3) wife, was "daughter of Diblaim" i.e., wholly given up to sensuality. (See Hosea .)

Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]

Dibla'im. (Double Cake). Mother of Hosea's wife, Gomer.  Hosea 1:3. (B.C. before 725).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]

Diblaim . The father of Gomer, Hosea’s wife (  Hosea 1:3 ). See Hosea.

Holman Bible Dictionary [4]

 Hosea 1:3Beth-Diblathaim

Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]

Father of Gomer, Hosea's 'wife.'  Hosea 1:3 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary [6]

 Hosea 1:3

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]

(Hebrew, Dibla ´ yim, דַּבלִיַם , Two round Cakes , e.g. of dried figs pressed together into a mass, as in  1 Samuel 25:18; but according to Furst, Heb. Handw . s.v., double coition; Sept. Δεβηλαείμ , v. r. Δεβηλαϊ v Μ ), the name of the father of Hosea's meretricious wife ( Hosea 1:3). B.C. ante 725.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]

dib´lā̇ - im , dib - lā´im ( דּבלים , dibhlayim , "two cakes"): A native of Northern Israel and father of Gomer, the wife of Hosea ( Hosea 1:3 ).

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