Dictionaries :: Mibzar

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Mibzar:

fortress, one of the Edomitish "dukes" descended from Esau (Gen 36:42; 1Ch 1:53).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Mibzar:

defending; forbidding; taking away

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Mibzar:

mib'-zar (mibhtsar, "a fortress"): An Edomite chief, the King James Version "duke" (Ge 36:42; 1Ch 1:53). According to Eusebius, Mibzar is connected with Mibsara, a considerable village subject to Petra and still existing in his time. Compare Holzinger and Skinner in respective commentaries on Genesis.

Nave's Topical Bible

Mibzar: Chief of Edom

Gen 36:42; 1Ch 1:53

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Mibzar:

(fortress) one of the "dukes" of Edom (Genesis 36:42; 1 Chronicles 1:53).