Misgab

MISGAB

mis'-gab (ha-misgabh; Codex Vaticanus Amath; Codex Alexandrinus to krataioma):

Named with Nebo and Kiriathaim in the denunciation of doom against Moab (Jeremiah 48:1). No trace of any name resembling this has been found. Possibly we should take it, not as a place-name, but as an appellation of some strong fortress, perhaps of Kir-moab itself. The term is elsewhere translated "high fortress" (Isaiah 25:12, etc.).


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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MISGAB'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.