King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H3864
Transliteration: Lubim
Phonetic Spelling: (loo-bee')
Part of Speech: Noun
Short Definition: inhabitant of N. Africa
Meaning: Lubim -- inhabitants of North Africa
Word Summary
Lubim: inhabitant of N. Africa
Original Word: לוּבִיTransliteration: Lubim
Phonetic Spelling: (loo-bee')
Part of Speech: Noun
Short Definition: inhabitant of N. Africa
Meaning: Lubim -- inhabitants of North Africa
Strong's Concordance
A dry region; apparently a Libyan or inhabitant of interior AfricaOr Lubbiy (Dan. 11:43) {loob-bee'}; partrial from a name probably derived from an unused root meaning to thirst, i.e. A dry region; apparently a Libyan or inhabitant of interior Africa (only in plural):
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3864. Lubim
[לוּב], לֻבִֿים לוּבִים,
name, of a people, plural Lybians, in North Africa, west of Egypt; — Nahum 3:9 ( + מּוּט), 2 Chronicles 12:3 (ᵐ5 Λιβυες; + כּוּשִׁים סֻכִּיִּים, מִצְרַיִם,), 16:8 ᵐ5 Λιβυες; (+ כּוּוִים); לֻבִֿים Daniel 11:43 (see Baer; with כֻּשִֿׁים מִצְרַיִם,), Theod. Λιβυων; probably = לְהָבִים (q. v.) Genesis 10:13 = 1 Chronicles 1:11 A ᵐ5L Λαβιειμ; read לוּבים perhaps also Jeremiah 46:9 (for HCT לוּדִים, compare StaJavan 5f.), ᵐ5 Λυδοι (מּוּט ib. = Λιβυες); ᵐ5 Sm Co StaJavan 6 Berthol read לוּב Ezekiel 30:5 (for HCT כּוּב, q. v.) See WMMAs.Eur.115.