אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ

Strong’s Definition

Eshtemoa or Eshtemoh, a place in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

or אֶשְׁתְּמוֹעַ; or אֶשְׁתְּמֹה; from H8085 (שָׁמַע) (in the sense of obedience);

KJV Usage

Eshtemoa, Eshtemoh.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a levitical city in judah
• 2.a man of judah

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼEshtᵉmôaʻ; Pronunciation: esh-tem-o'-ah