Bible Names

Hobah: meaning of the name

Hobah means “love; friendship; secrecy.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Hobah in Hebrew and Greek

חוֹבָה H2327

chôwbâh (kho-baw') — Chobah, a place in Syria

feminine active participle of H2247 (חָבָה); hiding place;

Places named Hobah

Hobah in Scripture

“Hobah” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 14:15

    And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.