King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4568
Transliteration: maabeh
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ab-eh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: thickness, compactness
Meaning: thickness, compactness
Word Summary
maabeh: thickness, compactness
Original Word: מַעֲבֶהTransliteration: maabeh
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ab-eh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: thickness, compactness
Meaning: thickness, compactness
Strong's Concordance
clay From abah; properly, compact (part of soil), i.e. Loam -- clay.
see HEBREW abah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4568. maabeh
מַעֲבֶה noun [masculine] si vera lectio, thickness, compactness; — הָאֲדָמָה בְּמַעֲבֵה 1 Kings 7:46 in the compactness of the soil, i.e. clayey ground or clay mould = 2 Chronicles 4:17 (where הָ ׳בַּעֲבִי ᵑ0); but read doubtless in both אֲדָמָה בְּמַעְבֶּרֶת at the ford of Adamah, see GFMJudges 7:22 BenzK.
עָבוֺת see עבת.
עבט (perhaps √ of following; compare Assyrian ubbu‰u° (II. of אבט [= עבט ?]) be pledged DlHWB 6; Aramaic (Talmud) עֲבִיטָה pledge, עֲבַט Ithpe`el be taken in pledge; but WeJoel 2:7 thinks עֲבוֺט Aramaic loan-word, and compare Arabic hold, keep, guard).