Bible Dictionary

Oboth

Bottles, an encampment of the Israelites during the wanderings in the wilderness (Num. 33:43), the first after the setting up of the brazen serpent.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Bottles, an encampment of the Israelites during the wanderings in the wilderness (Num. 33:43), the first after the setting up of the brazen serpent.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(bottles), one of the encampments of the Israelites, east of Moab. —ED).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

O'BOTH (bottles, water-skins), one of the stations of the Israelites east of Moab. Num 21:10; Num 33:43. It was the first encampment after the brazen serpent was set up, and before they reached Ije-abarim. It is perhaps near the Wady el-Ahsa, on the pilgrim-route between Damascus and Mecca. This was probably on the boundary between Edom and Moab, and extends north-westward to the Dead Sea.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

dragons; fathers; desires