How to Pronounce Hobab
HOH-bab
Hobab is pronounced HOH-bab (ˈhəʊbæb): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Hobab mean?
Hobab means “favored; beloved”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Hobab?
Beloved, the Kenite, has been usually identified with Jethro (q.v.), Ex. 18:5, 27; comp. Num. 10:29, 30. In Judg. 4:11, the word rendered “father-in-law” means properly any male relative by marriage (comp. Gen. 19:14, “son-in-law,” A.V.), and should be rendered “brother-in-law,” as in the R.V. His descendants followed Israel to Canaan (Num. 10:29), and at first pitched their tents near Jericho, but afterwards settled in the south in the borders of Arad (Judg. 1:8-11, 16).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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