Iim

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Contracted from Ije Abarim, a late stage of Israel's wilderness journey ( Numbers 33:45;  Numbers 21:11), = "ruinous heaps". On the S.E. border of Moab, in the Midbar or "wilderness," unenclosed uncultivated land, verdant in spring, but parched and dreary in summer. The "Abarim" distinguishes it from.

2. Another Iim in S.W. Canaan ( Joshua 15:29). Abarim, ("farther regions or coast regions"), namely, the hills facing Jericho, the whole upland E. of Jordan, the Greek "Peraea." Between Ije Abarim and Dibon Gad were the rivers Zared and Arnon. Compare  Deuteronomy 2:9-12;  Deuteronomy 2:13, "rise up," implies the Israelites remained at Iim some time; they were forbidden to assail Moab.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

One of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness ( Numbers 33:45 ).

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Iim'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/i/iim.html. 1897.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

I'im. (Ruins).

1. The partial or contracted form of the name, Ije-Abarim .  Numbers 33:45.

2. A town in the extreme south of Judah.  Joshua 16:29.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 15:29 Joshua 19:3 1 Chronicles 4:29 Numbers 33:45Iye-Abarim

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. contraction of Ije-Abarim, q.v.

2. City in the extreme south of Judah.  Joshua 15:29 . Not identified.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

IIM . A city of Judah (  Joshua 15:29 ); site unknown. See Iyim, 2 .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Iyism', עַיַּים Uins, as in  Jeremiah 26:18, etc.), the name of two places.

1. (Sept. Αἰείμ , Vulg. Iim.) A city in the extreme south of Judah, mentioned between Baalah and Azem ( Joshua 15:29), and therefore doubtless included within the territory set off to Simeon, as the associated places were ( Joshua 19:3), which afford the only means for a conjectural position nearly midway from the Dead Sea towards the Mediterranean.

2. (Sept. Τα ‹ , Vulg. Ijeabarim), both reading the same as in the preceding verse.). One of the stations of the Israelites not long before reaching the Jordan ( Numbers 33:45); usually called fully Ije-Abarim ( Numbers 33:44).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ı̄´im ( עיּים , ‛ı̄yı̄m ): Same as Iyim (which see).