Medeba

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Medeba
     waters of quiet, an ancient Moabite town (Num. 21:30). It was
     assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Josh. 13:16). Here was fought
     the great battle in which Joab defeated the Ammonites and their
     allies (1 Chr. 19:7-15; comp. 2 Sam. 10:6-14). In the time of
     Isaiah (15:2) the Moabites regained possession of it from the


     Ammonites. (See {HANUN}.)
     
       The ruins of this important city, now Madeba or Madiyabah, are
     seen about 8 miles south-west of Heshbon, and 14 east of the
     Dead Sea. Among these are the ruins of what must have been a
     large temple, and of three cisterns of considerable extent,
     which are now dry. These cisterns may have originated the name
     Medeba, "waters of quiet." (See {OMRI}.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Medeba, waters of grief; waters springing up