Zeboim is the name in English of two or three places in the Bible:
Zeboim, Zeboiim or Tzvoyim (
Hebrew: צְבוֹיִים,
Modern: Ṣəvōyīm,
Tiberian: Ṣeḇōyīm, "Deer (plural); goats; gazelles; roes") was one of the "five cities of the plain" of
Sodom, generally coupled with
Admah (Gen. 10:19; 14:2; Deut. 29:23; Hos. 11:8). It had a
king of its own ("Shemeber", שמאבר, Gen. 14:2), and was therefore a place of some importance. It was destroyed along with the other cities of the plain, according to Deuteronomy 29:23.
The Valley of Zeboyim (גי הצבעיםGē haṣṢāḇoʻim, "Valley of the Hyenas"), a valley or rugged
glen somewhere near
Gibeah in
Benjamin (1 Sam. 13:18). It was probably the place now bearing the name Wadi Shaykh aḍ-Ḍubʻa "Ravine of the Chief of the
Hyenas" north of
Jericho.
Zeboim (צבעיםṢāḇoʻim, "Hyenas"), a place mentioned only in the
Book of Nehemiah 11:34, inhabited by the Benjamites after the
Babylonian captivity.
Zeboim is the name in English of two or three places in the Bible:
Zeboim, Zeboiim or Tzvoyim (
Hebrew: צְבוֹיִים,
Modern: Ṣəvōyīm,
Tiberian: Ṣeḇōyīm, "Deer (plural); goats; gazelles; roes") was one of the "five cities of the plain" of
Sodom, generally coupled with
Admah (Gen. 10:19; 14:2; Deut. 29:23; Hos. 11:8). It had a
king of its own ("Shemeber", שמאבר, Gen. 14:2), and was therefore a place of some importance. It was destroyed along with the other cities of the plain, according to Deuteronomy 29:23.
The Valley of Zeboyim (גי הצבעיםGē haṣṢāḇoʻim, "Valley of the Hyenas"), a valley or rugged
glen somewhere near
Gibeah in
Benjamin (1 Sam. 13:18). It was probably the place now bearing the name Wadi Shaykh aḍ-Ḍubʻa "Ravine of the Chief of the
Hyenas" north of
Jericho.
Zeboim (צבעיםṢāḇoʻim, "Hyenas"), a place mentioned only in the
Book of Nehemiah 11:34, inhabited by the Benjamites after the
Babylonian captivity.