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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Rafts for floating timber

(1 Kings 5:9⁹My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. (1 Kings 5:9); 2 Chron. 2:16¹⁶And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. (2 Chronicles 2:16)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1702 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

dobrah

Phonic:

do-ber-aw’

Meaning:

feminine active participle of 1696 in the sense of driving (compare 1699); a raft

KJV Usage:

float