The meaning of “אַרְגֹּב”
Understanding ʼArgôb reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Argob. - § Argob = "heap of clods" - Argob, a district of Palestine n pr loc 1) a district or area in Bashan n pr m 2) o...
אַרְגֹּב
Argob. - § Argob = "heap of clods" - Argob, a district of Palestine n pr loc 1) a district or area in Bashan n pr m 2) one of king Pekah's officers
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 3:4 | “And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.” Word: אַרְגֹּב (ʼArgôb) | |
| Deuteronomy 3:13 | “And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.” Word: אַרְגֹּב (ʼArgôb) | |
| Deuteronomy 3:14 | “Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.” Word: אַרְגֹּב (ʼArgôb) | |
| 1 Kings 4:13 | “The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:” Word: אַרְגֹּב (ʼArgôb) | |
| 2 Kings 15:25 | “But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.” Word: אַרְגֹּב (ʼArgôb) |