. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . , or perhaps themain course, of the Wady Zerka, usually identifiedwith the Jabbok. The Moiet- Ammdn, or water ofAmman, a mere streamlet, rises within the basinwhich contains the ruins of the town. When theMoslems conquered Syria they found the city inruins ; and in ruins remarkable for their extent anddesolation even for Syria, the land of ruins, itstill remains. The public buildings are said to beRoman, in general character like those at Jcraxh(Gerasa), except the citadel, which is described asof large square stones put together without cement,and i
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . , or perhaps themain course, of the Wady Zerka, usually identifiedwith the Jabbok. The Moiet- Ammdn, or water ofAmman, a mere streamlet, rises within the basinwhich contains the ruins of the town. When theMoslems conquered Syria they found the city inruins ; and in ruins remarkable for their extent anddesolation even for Syria, the land of ruins, itstill remains. The public buildings are said to beRoman, in general character like those at Jcraxh(Gerasa), except the citadel, which is described asof large square stones put together without cement,and is probably more ancient than the rest. Theremains of private houses scattered on both sidesof the stream are very extensive.—2. Althoughthere is no trace of the fact in the Bible, there canbe little doubt that the name of Rabbah was alsoattached in Biblical times to the chief city of Biblical name is Ar, but in the fourth centurya. c. it possessed the special title of Rabbath name was for a time displaced by Rabba lies on the highlands at the southeast quar- |ter of the Dead Sea, between Kerak and Jibd Shi-hdn.—3i A city of Judah, named with Kirjath-jea-rim in Josh. xv. 60 only. No trace of its existencehas yet been discovered.—4. In one passage (Josh,xi. 8) Zidon is mentioned with the affix Rabbah—Zidon-rabbah. This is preserved in the margin ofthe A. V., though in the text it is translated greatZidon. Rabbath (Heb. construct of Rabbah) of theChildren of Amnion, and Rabbath cf the Am mon-ites = Rabbah 1 (Deut. iii. 11 ; Ez. xxi. 20). Rabbi (Heb. my master, Rbn. ¥. T. Lex. ; seebelow), a title of respect given by the Jews to theirdoctors and teachers, and often addressed to ourLord (Mat. xxiii. 1, 8,1 xxvi. 25, 49; Mk. ix. 5, , xiv. 45 ; Jn. i. 38, 49 [Gr. 39, 50], iii. 2, 26, , vi. 25, ix. 2, xi. 8; A. V. master in , Mk., and Jn. iv., ix., xi.). The title is inter-preted in express words by St. John, and by implica-tio
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