H0709H
אַרְגֹּב
Argob
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.15.25 § Argob = "heap of clods" 1) a district or area in Bashan 2) one of king Pekah's officers
The KJV translates H0709 in the following manner:
Argob (10x)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
אַרְגֹּב proper name
1. location (heap, or region of clods; 'glede' GASmG551); — always ׳חֶבֶל א Deut 3:4; Deut 3:14; 1Kgs 4:13, ׳הָא ׳ח Deut 3:13 = measured region of Argob; some well-defined district of Bashan (apparently identification with חַוֺת יָאִיר Deut 3:14 [where ׳י ׳ח in Bashan, so Josh 13:30], but this a harmonistic correction; ׳י ׳ח in fact in Gilead [Num 32:41; Judg 10:4, and distinguished from אַרְגֹּב 1Kgs 4:13 compare Deut 3:13); exact location dubious, GASml.c. and especially DrDeut 3:4; BuhlGeogr.18 thinks of ‚uwet, south of Upper Yarmuk, a border district between Bashan and Gilead. — Αρσοβ; 1Kgs 4:13 Ερεβαταμ, ᵐ5L Πασαβαν, A Ερσαβ.
2. masculine 2Kgs 15:25, Αρσοβ dubious; see Klo Kit Benz Bur.
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