Lexical Definition

‎אַרְגֹּב‎ ʼArgôb (ar-gobe') Argob ^N:N--L
from the same as ‎רֶגֶב‎; stony

Argob.

• § Argob = "heap of clods"
• Argob, a district of Palestine

n pr loc
1) a district or area in Bashan
n pr m
2) one of king Pekah's officers

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַרְגֹּב‎ proper name

1. location (heap, or region of clods; 'glede' GASm^G551); — always ‎׳‎‎חֶבֶל א‎ Deut 3:4; Deut 3:14; 1Kgs 4:13, ‎׳‎‎הָא‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Deut 3:13 = measured region of Argob; some well-defined district of Bashan (apparently identification with ‎חַוֺת יָאִיר‎ Deut 3:14 [where ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ in Bashan, so Josh 13:30], but this a harmonistic correction; ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ in fact in Gilead [Num 32:41](/btb/not_created.html); Judg 10:4, and distinguished from ‎אַרְגֹּב‎ 1Kgs 4:13 compare Deut 3:13); exact location dubious, GASm^{l.c. and} especially Dr^{Deut 3:4}; Buhl^Geogr.18 thinks of ‚uwet, south of Upper Yarmuk, a border district between Bashan and Gilead. — Αρσοβ; 1Kgs 4:13 Ερεβαταμ, ᵐ5^L Πασαβαν, A Ερσαβ.

2. masculine 2Kgs 15:25, Αρσοβ dubious; see Klo Kit Benz Bur.

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