Name meaning “broad places of the city.” It was the second city built by Nimrod the hunter (kjv “Asshur”) in Assyria (Gn 10:11; kjv “Rehoboth”). Opinion differs as to whether it was a distinct municipality (a suburb of Nineveh) or, since the name of the town is not mentioned in Assyrian literature, open squares or broad streets within Nineveh itself.
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From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.