Zeboim

American  

[zi-boh-im] / zɪˈboʊ ɪm /

noun

1. one of the cities destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah. Deuteronomy 29:23.

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Etymology

Origin of Zeboim

From Hebrew Ṣəbhōʾīm (plural) “goats, gazelles”

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Zeboim

Last week at St. Paul's the Episcopal diocese of Tennessee was holding its annual convention, and rich Zeboim Charles Patten, chairman of the church's endowment corporation, was telling assembled laymen and clergy about investments.

From Time Magazine Archive

"And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha."

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John

In this vale were built the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, and some others.

From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various

And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

From History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by Williams, George Washington

"And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza: as thou goest unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha."

From Notes on the Book of Genesis by Mackintosh, Charles Henry