Bible Location
Meaning: force or strength · 8 cross references · Modern-day map available
The Chebar was the river or canal setting in Babylonia where Ezekiel lived among the exiles and received many of his visions. It is important because it is one of the main geographic anchors for the prophetic life of Ezekiel during the exile. First appears in Ezek 1:1.1
Place meaning
force or strength
Coordinates
33.16, 44.06
First appears
Ezek 1:1
AI summary: The Chebar matters because it gives the book of Ezekiel a concrete exilic setting. By locating the prophet among deported communities in Babylonia, it reminds readers that some of the Bible's most striking visions of glory, judgment, and restoration were received far from Jerusalem. The river or canal thus becomes a place where displacement and revelation meet. The cross references present the Chebar as an exilic waterside setting of prophetic encounter.1
Place meaning
force or strength
Latitude
33.16
Longitude
44.06
Bible references
8
Length, a river in the “land of the Chaldeans” (Ezek. 1:3), on the banks of which were located some of the Jews of the Captivity (Ezek. 1:1; 3:15, 23; 10:15, 20, 22). It has been supposed to be identical with the river Habor, the Chaboras, or modern Khabour, which falls into the Euphrates at Circesium. To the banks of this river some of the Israelites were removed by the Assyrians (2 Kings 17:6). An opinion that has much to support it is that the “Chebar” was the royal canal of Nebuchadnezzar, the Nahr Malcha, the greatest in Mesopotamia, which connected the Tigris with the Euphrates, in the excavation of which the Jewish captives were probably employed. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Ezek |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.