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Bath-rabbim

Named in 1 verse, first in Song of Songs 7:4.

In the Bible

All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Song of Songs

  • Song of Songs 7:4

    Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Daughter of many, the name of one of the gates of the city of Heshbon, near which were pools (Cant. 7:4).

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