מַרְבֵּץ
marbêts · H4769 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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Literally: a place for lying down; hence: a place where animals can rest in relative safety (resting place (for animals))
ExamplesEzekiel 25:5 “I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
Zephaniah 2:15 This is the presumptuous city That dwells securely, Who says in her heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” How she has become a desolation, A resting place for animals! Everyone who passes by her will hiss And wave his hand in contempt.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- צֹאןflock, small cattle, sheep and goats 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שַׁמָּהhorror, desolation 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb · H4904 · rest, lying (with) > having sex with
- מִשְׁכָּב (miškāḇ) is a nominal form meaning a place where one lies down or a bed, semantically overlapping with מַרְבֵּץ as both denote locations for reclining, though מִשְׁכָּב is more commonly used for human sleeping places while מַרְבֵּץ tends toward animal resting places.
- נָוֶה nâveh · H5116 · dweller, habitation, abode
- נָוֶה (nāweh) denotes a dwelling or resting place, often used for pastoral habitations or places where flocks dwell, semantically related to מַרְבֵּץ as both indicate places of repose, though נָוֶה is broader and includes the concept of habitation beyond mere lying down.
In the other Testament 1 word
- κοίτη koítē · G2845 · bed, sexual activity, sexual life
- Greek κοίτη (koitē) denotes a place of lying down or resting, frequently used for a bed or resting place, and serves as a natural translation equivalent for the Hebrew מַרְבֵּץ which denotes a couching/lying place for animals or people.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Space002002001017
- The word denotes a place to lie down or couch, as the resting place made of a desolated city for wandering flocks and animals.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4769. marbets מַרְבֵּץ noun [masculine] id.; — of wild beasts, ׳מ לַחַיָּה Zep 2:15…
מַרְבֵּץ noun [masculine] id.; — of wild beasts, ׳מ לַחַיָּה Zep 2:15 (sign of desolation, || שַׁמָּה); of flock, construct מִרְבַּץצֿאֹן Eze 25:5 (|| גְמַלִּים נְוֵה).
רבק (√ of following; compare Arabic tie fast; רִיבְקָא ᵑ7 stall).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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