Dinhabah

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 36:32;  1 Chronicles 1:43. The king of Edom, Bela's capital. In the list of Edomite kings the son does not succeed the father; the monarchy must therefore have been elective, and the kings chosen by the "dukes" ( 1 Chronicles 1:40-43), who ruled subordinately and contemporaneously with the kings.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Dinhabah . The capital city of king Bela in Edom (  Genesis 36:32 =   1 Chronicles 1:43 ). There is some doubt as to its identification. Possibly it is Thenib , E.N.E. from Heshbon.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Din'habah.  Genesis 36:32;  1 Chronicles 1:43 The capital city, and probably the birthplace, of Bela, son of Beor, king of Edom.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Capital city of Bela, son of Beor, king of Edom.  Genesis 36:32;  1 Chronicles 1:43 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 36:32

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 36:32

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Dinhabah', דִּנְהָבָה , perhaps robbers' den, otherwise ambush; Sept. Δενναβά ; Vulgo Denaba), an Edomitish city, the capital (and probably birthplace) of king Bela ( Genesis 36:32;  1 Chronicles 1:43). Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. Δαναβά , Damnaba) mention a village Dannea ( Δαννεά , Jerome Damnaba) eight miles from Areopolis, or Ar of Moab (Jerome, "on the road to Armon"), and another on Mount Peor, seven miles from Esbus (Heshbon); but neither of these has claim to be the Dinhabah of Scripture. R. Joseph, in his Targum (on  1 Chronicles 1:43, ed. Wilkins), finds a significance in the name. After identifying Balaam, the son of Beor, with Laban the Syrian, he adds, "And the name of his capital city was Dinhabah, for it was given ( איתיהיבת ) him as a present." The name is not uncommon among the Shemitic races. Ptolemy (5:15, 24) mentions a Danaba ( Δανάβα ) in Palmyrene Syria, afterwards a bishop's see, and according to Zosimus (3:27) there was a Danabe ( Δανάβη ) in Babylonia. The place in question was doubtless one of the petty localities of Mount Seir, possibly at Dibdiba, a little N.E. of Petra (Smith's list in Robinson's Researches , 3, App. page 114, and 1, Map ).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

din´ha - ba , din - hā´ba ( דּנהבה , dinhābhāh ): The royal city of Bela, son of Beor; king of Edom ( Genesis 36:32;  1 Chronicles 1:43 ). There may be a resemblance in the name of Hodbat et - Teneib , about 8 miles East of Heshbon; but this is in the land of Moab, and probably much too far to the North. No satisfactory identification has been proposed.