H2249 - חָבוֹר (Châbôwr)

H2249 חָבוֹר (Châbôwr) khaw-bore'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Habor

Biblical Persons & Places

Habor Habor

A location first mentioned at 2Ki.17.6; only referred to as Habor (חָבוֹר).

Strong's Definition

Chabor, a river of Assyria

Derivation: from H2266 (חָבַר); united;

KJV Usage: Habor.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Habor = "joining"

1) a tributary of the Euphrates River in Assyria

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ Habor = "joining" a tributary of the Euphrates River in Assyria

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָבוֹר châbôr BDB Definition: Habor = joining 1) a tributary of the Euphrates River in Assyria Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2266 Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (3)

17:6 18:11

5:26

2 Kings 17:6

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 18:11

The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

1 Chronicles 5:26

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria that is,... Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe... of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.