Word Study · Strong's H6678 · Hebrew
צוֹבָא
Tsoba
tso-baw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Tsôwbâʼ
“Zoba or Zobah, a region of Syria”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Zoba or Zobah, a region of Syria
Rendered in the KJV as
Zoba, Zobah.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- צוֹבָ֑ה3
- צוֹבָ֖ה2
- צוֹבָֽה׃2
- וּמִצּוֹבָ֔ה1
- מִצֹּבָ֔ה ס1
- צוֹבָ֗א1
- צוֹבָ֤א1
- צוֹבָה֙1
How it is rendered · 3
- Zobah10
- and from Zobah1
- from Zobah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)10
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 10
- HC/R/Npl · 1
- HR/Npl · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel6 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 8:3צוֹבָ֑הtzovahproper noun (a name)David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.here: Zobah
- 2 Samuel 8:5צוֹבָ֑הtzovahproper noun (a name)When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.here: Zobah
- 2 Samuel 8:12צוֹבָֽה׃tzovahproper noun (a name)from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.here: Zobah
- 2 Samuel 10:6צוֹבָ֗אtzova'proper noun (a name)When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.here: Zobah
- 2 Samuel 10:8צוֹבָ֤אtzova'proper noun (a name)The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.here: Zobah
- 2 Samuel 23:36מִצֹּבָ֔ה סmitzovahpreposition + proper noun (a name)Igal son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,here: from Zobah
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 18:3צוֹבָ֖הtzovahproper noun (a name)As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.here: Zobah
- 1 Chronicles 18:5צוֹבָ֑הtzovahproper noun (a name)When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.here: Zobah
- 1 Chronicles 18:9צוֹבָֽה׃tzovahproper noun (a name)When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,here: Zobah
- 1 Chronicles 19:6וּמִצּוֹבָ֔הumitzovahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.here: and from Zobah