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Kibroth-hattaavah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(graves of lust). A desert encampment of the Israelites (Num. 11:31-35³¹And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. ³²And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. ³³And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. ³⁴And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. ³⁵And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth. (Numbers 11:31‑35)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

One of the halting places of the Israelites, called “the graves of lust,” “because there they buried the people that lusted” for flesh (Num. 11:34-35³⁴And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. ³⁵And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth. (Numbers 11:34‑35); Num. 33:16-17¹⁶And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah. ¹⁷And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. (Numbers 33:16‑17); Deut. 9:22²²And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath. (Deuteronomy 9:22)).

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Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

6914 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Qibrowth

Phonic:

hat-Ta’a-vah

Meaning:

from the feminine plural of 6913 and 8378 with the article interposed; graves of the longing; Kibroth-hat-Taavh, a place in the Desert

KJV Usage:

Kibroth-hattaavah

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

the graves of lust

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Graves of lust, i. e., longing:―a place in the desert, Num. 11:34. {Sepulcra concupiscentiae}