Bible Dictionary
Telabib
Telabib is another form of Tel-abib, the settlement beside the river Chebar where Ezekiel lived among the Jewish exiles in Babylonia.
Definition
Telabib is another form of Tel-abib, probably a settlement in Chaldea or Babylonia associated with the Jewish exiles beside the river Chebar.
Biblical Usage
Telabib is associated with Ezekiel’s preaching and visions in the setting of the Jewish captives by the Chebar.
Historical Background
The site was probably in Chaldea proper rather than upper Mesopotamia. The supplied material identifies the Chebar as a branch of the Euphrates rather than the Khabour.
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(cornhill) was probably a city of Chaldaea or Babylonia, not of upper Mesopotamia as generally supposed. (Ezekiel 3:16) The whole scene of Ezekiel’s preaching and visions seems to have been Chaldaea proper; and the river Chebar, as already observed, was not the Khabour, but a branch of the Euphrates.