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Table of Contents HEBREW: 2327 hbwx chowbah
NAVE: Hobah
EBD: Hobah
SMITH: HOBAH
ISBE: HOBAH

Hobah

In Bible versions:

Hobah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

love; friendship; secrecy

a place north of Damascus to which Abraham pursued his enemies

Google Maps: Hobah

(33° 30´, 36° 28´);
OpenBible: (Flickr/Panoramio) Hobah;

Hebrew

Strongs #02327: hbwx chowbah

Hobah = "hiding place"

1) a city north of Damascus to which Abraham pursued the kings who
had pillaged Sodom

2327 chowbah kho-baw'

feminine active participle of 2247; hiding place; Chobah, a place in Syria: KJV -- Hobah.
see HEBREW for 02247

Hobah [nave]

HOBAH, a place N. of Damascus, Gen. 14:15.

Hobah [ebd]

hiding-place, a place to the north of Damascus, to which Abraham pursued Chedorlaomer and his confederates (Gen. 14:15).

HOBAH [smith]

(hiding-place), the place to which Abraham pursued the kings who had pillaged Sodom. (Genesis 14:15) It was situated "to the north of Damascus."

HOBAH [isbe]

HOBAH - ho'-ba (chobhah): A place "on the left hand," i.e. to the North of "Damascus," to which Abraham pursued the defeated army of Chedorlaomer (Gen 14:15). It is probably identical with the modern Choba, about 60 miles Northwest of Damascus.