Dictionaries :: Nibshan

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Nibshan:

fertile; light soil, a city somewhere "in the wilderness" of Judah (Jos 15:62), probably near Engedi.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Nibshan:

prophecy; growing of a tooth

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Nibshan:

nib'-shan (ha-nibhshan; Codex Vaticanus Naphlazon; Codex Alexandrinus Nebsan): A city in the Judean wilderness named between Secacah and the City of Salt (Jos 15:62). Eusebius, Onomasticon, knows the place but gives no clue to its identification. The site has not been recovered. Wellhausen suggests the emendation of nibhshan to kibhshan, "furnace" (Proleg. 2, 344).

Nave's Topical Bible

Nibshan: A City of Judah

Jos 15:62

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Nibshan:

(soft soil) one of the six cities of Judah (Joshua 15:62) which were in the district of the Midbar (Authorized Version "wilderness".)