Bible Dictionary
Kibrothhattaavah
Kibrothhattaavah was the wilderness station where Israel complained about the manna and desired meat. God sent quail, but many died under the resulting judgment.
Definition
Kibrothhattaavah was a wilderness station named “the graves of lust.” It was where Israel became weary of manna, desired meat, received quail, and experienced a plague.
Biblical Usage
The place commemorates Israel’s murmuring and excessive desire for flesh, followed by divine judgment and the death of many people.
Historical Background
It was located near Hazeroth and is described as about three days’ journey from Sinai, near the Gulf of Akabah and Wady el-Hudherah.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
i.e. as in the margin, the graves of lust, a station of the Israelites in the wilderness, where, growing tired of manna and desiring flesh, they murmured, and God sent them quails in great abundance, but smote great numbers of them with a plague and they died. It is about three days journey from Sinai, and near the Gulf of Akabah and the Wady el Hudherah (Hazeroth.)