H709 אַרְגֹּב (ʼArgôb) ar-gobe'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Argob

Biblical Persons & Places

Argob Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.15.25; only referred to as Argob (אַרְגֹּב).

Argob Argob

A location first mentioned at Deu.3.4; only referred to as Argob (אַרְגֹּב).

Strong's Definition

Argob, a district of Palestine

Derivation: from the same as H7263 (רֶגֶב); stony;

KJV Usage: Argob.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Argob = "heap of clods"

n pr loc

1) a district or area in Bashan

n pr m

2) one of king Pekah's officers

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אַרְגֹּב (ar.gov) — Argob.

§ Argob = "heap of clods" a district or area in Bashan

אַרְגֹּב (ar.gov) — 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אַרְגֹּב (H0709)

name

Names of Locations

Argob = region; ◄ part of Bashan

DEU 3:4 · DEU 3:13 · DEU 3:14 · 1KI 4:13 · 2KI 15:25

Names of People

Argob meaning unsure; possibly: = man; ► conspired against Pekahiah together with Pekah and Arieh

2KI 15:25

¹ 2KI 15:25 NJPS "men from Argob" [a] | HOTTP-A NIV NRSV CEV [b] | RSV NJB REB GNT omit

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אַרְגֹּב n.pr. loc. = measured region of Argōb; some well-defined district of Bashan

m. dub.

base

Bible Occurrences (5)

3:4 3:13 3:14

4:13

15:25

Deuteronomy 3:4

At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not... a single city we failed to take - — the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

Deuteronomy 3:13

To the half-tribe... of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan,... used to be called the land of the Rephaim.

Deuteronomy 3:14

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan... after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which [it is called] to this day.

1 Kings 4:13

Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead [belonged] to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars)

2 Kings 15:25

Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob,... Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, [Pekah] struck down and killed [Pekahiah] and reigned in his place.