Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #4568 - מַעֲבֶה maabeh (thickness)

Original Word:	מַעֲבֶה
Transliteration:	maabeh
Definition:	thickness, compactness
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(mah-ab-eh')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

clay

From abah; properly, compact (part of soil), i.e. Loam -- clay.

see HEBREW abah

Englishman's Concordance

1) thickness, compactness
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5666
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1554b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַעֲבֶהnoun [masculine] si vera lectio, thickness, compactness; — בְּמַעֲבֵה הָאֲדָמָה1 Kings 7:46in the compactness of the soil, i.e. clayey ground or clay mould=2 Chronicles 4:17 (where ᵑ0׳בַּעֲבִי הָ); but read doubtless in both בְּמַעְבֶּרֶת אֲדָמָהat the ford of Adamah, see GFM^{Judges 7:22} Benz^K.

עָבוֺת see עבת.

עבט (perhaps √ of following; compare Assyrian ubbu‰u° (II. of אבט [=עבט ?]) be pledged Dl^{HWB 6}; Aramaic (Talmud) עֲבִיטָהpledge, עֲבַט Ithpe`el be taken in pledge; but We^{Joel 2:7} thinks עֲבוֺט Aramaic loan-word, and compare Arabic hold, keep, guard).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4568. מַעֲבֵה (maabeh) — 1 Occurrence
1 Kings 7:46
HEB:יְצָקָ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בְּמַעֲבֵ֖ה הָאֲדָמָ֑ה בֵּ֥ין
NAS: cast them, in the clay ground
KJV: cast them, in the clay ground
INT: cast the king the clay ground between

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