Lexicon maabeh: thickness, compactness Original Word: מַעֲבֵהPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: maabeh Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ab-eh') Short Definition: clay NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom abahDefinitionthickness, compactness NASB Translationclay (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מַעֲבֶה noun [masculine] si vera lectio, thickness, compactness; — בְּמַעֲבֵה הָאֲדָמָה 1 Kings 7:46 in 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 אֲדָמָה at 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 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).
Strong's clay From abah; properly, compact (part of soil), i.e. Loam -- clay. see HEBREW abah |
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