מֵידְבָאMêydᵉbâʼ

proper name [of a location]: city in Moab, assigned to Reuben (Numbers 21:30; Isaiah 15:2; Joshua 13:9; Joshua 13:16; 1 Chronicles 19:7)

Pronunciation: may-deb-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4311

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 21:30 We have utterly destroyed them, from Heshbon to Dibon. We have completely wiped them out as far away as Nophah and Medeba.”
  • Joshua 13:9 Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba, as far as Dibon.
  • Joshua 13:16 Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba.
  • 1 Chronicles 19:7 They also hired 32,000 chariots and secured the support of the king of Maacah and his army. These forces camped at Medeba, where they were joined by the Ammonite troops that Hanun had recruited from his own towns.
  • Isaiah 15:2 Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn. They will go to their sacred shrines to weep. They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba, shaving their heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).