Hobah
HOBAH
A place north of Damascus, visited by Abraham, Gen 14:15 ; now unknown.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Hobah
(Heb. Chobah’, , hiding-place; Sept.. ), a place to the northward of Damascus ( , lit. on the left), whither Abraham pursued the kings who had taken Lot captive (Gen 14:15); perhaps the Chobai or Choba mentioned in the Apocrypha. (v, Jdt 15:4; , 4:4). Eusebius (Onomast. s.v. Choba) confounds this place with Cocaba, the seat of the Ebionites in the 4th century; and Burckhardt- (Syria, p. 312) found a village called Kokab, probably the same, which, however, lies south of Damascus. This is apparently also the village Hoba, visited in the year 1666 by Ferd. von Troilo, who says, It lies a quarter of a (German) mile north from the town, on the left hand. Near the city of Damascus is seen a large hill, where the patriarch Abraham overtook and defeated the army of the four kings. There formerly dwelt here a sect of Jews, converted to the (Christian) faith, who were called Ebionites; but at present the place is inhabited by a great number of Moors (Arabs) who have a mosque. In the neighborhood is a cave, in which the patriarch offered to the Divine Majesty his thanksgivings for the victory (Travels, p. 584). On the other hand, Reland thinks of a castle called Caucab, mentioned by Edrisi as being on the lake of Tiberias (Palaest. p. 727). Josephus mentions a tradition concerning Abraham which he takes from Nicolaus of Damascus: Abraham reigned at Damascus, being a foreigner and his name is still famous in the country; and there is shown a village called from him The Habitation of Abraham (Ant. 1, 7, 2).’ It is remarkable that in the village of Burzeh, three miles north of Damascus, there is a oely held in high veneration by the Mohammedans, and called after the name of the patriarch, Masjad Abraham, the prayer-place of Abraham.’ The tradition attached to it is that here Abraham offered thanks to God after the total discomfiture of the Eastern kings. Behind the wely is a cleft in the rock, in which another tradition represents the patriarch as taking refuge on one occasion from the giant Nimrod. It is remarkable: that the word Hobah signifies a hiding-place.’ (See: Ritter, Syria, 4:312; Wilson, Lands of Bible, 2, 331.) The Jews of Damascus affirm that the village of Jobar, not far from Burzeh, is the Hobah of Scripture. They have a synagogue there dedicated to Elijah, to which they make frequent pilgrimages (see Porter, Handbook for Syria and Palestine, p. 491, 492; Stanley, Jewish. Church, 1, 481).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Hobah
hiding-place, a place to the north of Damascus, to which Abraham pursued Chedorlaomer and his confederates (Gen. 14:15).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Hobah
N. of Damascus. To it Abram pursued Chedorlaomer (Gen 14:15). It means a hiding place. Tradition makes Masjad Ibrahim, “the prayer place of Damascus,” at the village of Burzeh, three miles N. of Damascus, the scene of his thanksgiving to God after routing the kings. Nicolaus of Damascus makes him to have reigned there (Josephus, Ant. 1:7, section 2). The Jews make Jobar near Burzeh to be Hobah.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Hobah
HOBAH.The place to which, acc. to Gen 14:16, Abraham pursued the defeated army of Chedorlaomer. It is described as on the left hand (i.e. to the north) of Damascus. It is identified, with considerable probability, with the modern Hoba, 20 hours N. of Damascus.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Hobah
hoba (, hobhah): A place on the left hand, i.e. to the North of Damascus, to which Abraham pursued the defeated army of Chedorlaomer (Gen 14:15). It is probably identical with the modern Hoba, about 60 miles Northwest of Damascus.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Hobah
[Ho’bah]
Place ‘on the left hand,’ that is, to the north of Damascus, to which Abraham pursued the kings who had captured Lot. Gen 14:15. The Muslims point out Burzeh, 33 32′ N, 36 8′ E, as the ancient Hobah; but the Jews prefer Jobar , about two miles N.E. of Damascus.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Hobah
H2327
A place north of Damascus.
Gen 14:15
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Hobah
Ho’bah. (hiding-place). The place to which Abraham pursued the kings, who had pillaged Sodom. Gen 14:15. It was situated, “to the north of Damascus.”