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Diblaim

Holman Bible Dictionary

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(dihb lay' ihm) Personal or place name meaning, “two fig cakes.” Hosea 1:3 lists Diblaim as a parent of Gomer, Hosea's harlot wife. Some Bible students see Hosea's father-in-law so named; others, his mother-in-law. The latter case is combined with an understanding that she was also a harlot whose price was two fig cakes. Others would equate Diblaim with the place name Beth-diblathaim. See Beth-diblathaim . The most direct explanation seems to be that Diblaim is Gomer's father, of whom nothing more is known.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Diblaim'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​d/diblaim.html. 1991.
 
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