Bible Dictionary
Abronah
Abronah was one of Israel’s stopping places during the wilderness journey from Sinai toward Canaan. It lay shortly before Ezion-geber.
Definition
Abronah was one of Israel’s stopping places during the wilderness journey from Sinai toward Kadesh and Ezion-geber.
Biblical Usage
Abronah is listed among Israel’s wilderness stations in Numbers 33:34-35.
Historical Background
The station lay immediately before Ezion-geber on the eastern arm of the Red Sea. The King James Version calls it Ebronah.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
R.V., one of Israel’s halting-places in the desert (Num. 33:34, 35), just before Ezion-gaber. In A.V., “Ebronah.”
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>a-bro'-na, the King James Version Ebronah (`abhronah): One of the stations of Israel in the wilderness on the march from Sinai to Kadesh--the station next before that at Ezion-geber on the eastern arm of the Red Sea (Nu 33:34,35).</p>