Tel-abib
Tel-abib, a settlement of exiled Jews by the Chebar River in Babylonia, where the prophet Ezekiel lived.
The name Tel-abib means “a heap of new grain”
PlaceOld Testament1 book1 verse
Summary
Location
- Identified as
- within 50 km of Nippur
- Certainty
- Possible (59% of scholarship) · 1 other possible location
- Coordinates
- 32.126° N, 45.231° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- תֵּל אָבִיבTel-abib
Mentions
- I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.