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Mibzar
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Mibzar: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a chief of Edom
defending; forbidding; taking away
defending; forbidding; taking away
Hebrew
Strongs #04014: rubm Mibtsar
Mibzar = "fortress"1) one of the chiefs of Edom
4014 Mibtsar mib-tsawr'
the same as 4013; Mibtsar, an Idumaean:-Mibzar.see HEBREW for 04013
Mibzar [EBD]
fortress, one of the Edomitish "dukes" descended from Esau (Gen. 36:42; 1 Chr. 1:53).
MIBZAR [ISBE]
MIBZAR - mib'-zar (mibhtsar, "a fortress"): An Edomite chief, the King James Version "duke" (Gen 36:42; 1 Ch 1:53). According to Eusebius, Mibzar is connected with Mibsara, a considerable village subject to Petra and still existing in his time. Compare Holzinger and Skinner in respective commentaries on Genesis.