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Oboth

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(bottles). An Israelite encampment, east of Moab (Num. 21:10; 33:43¹⁰And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. (Numbers 21:10)
⁴³And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. (Numbers 33:43)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

One of the stations of the Israelites east of Moab (Num. 21:10-11¹⁰And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. ¹¹And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. (Numbers 21:10‑11); Num. 33:43-44⁴³And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. ⁴⁴And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab. (Numbers 33:43‑44)).

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Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

88 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’oboth

Phonic:

o-both’

Meaning:

plural of 178; water-skins; Oboth, a place in the Desert

KJV Usage:

Oboth

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

necromancers: water skins

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Place of leather bottles; water-skins; hollow passes:―place in the desert, Num. 21:10. {Locus utrium}