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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Zeboim". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.

Zeboim is the name in English of two or three places in the Bible:

Zeboim, Zeboiim or Tzvoyim (Hebrew: צְבֹויִים, Modern: Tsvoyim, Tiberian: Ṣəḇôyîm, "Deer (plural); goats; gazelles; roes") was one of the "five cities of the plain" of Sodom, generally coupled with Admah (Gen. 10:19; 14:2; Deut.29:23; Hos. 11:8). It had a king of its own ("Shemeber", שמאבר, Gen. 14:2), and was therefore a place of some importance. It was destroyed along with the other cities of the plain, according to Deuteronomy 29:23.
Ge ha-Tsvo`im (גי הצבעים, "valley of the hyenas"), a valley or rugged glen somewhere near Gibeah in Benjamin (1 Sam. 13:18). It was probably the place now bearing the name Wadi Shaykh ad-Dub'a "Ravine of the Chief of the Hyenas" north of Jericho.
Tsvo`im (צגעים, "hyenas"), a place mentioned only in Nehemiah 11:34, inhabited by the Benjamites after the Babylonian captivity.

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 '''Zeboim''' is the name in English of two or three places in the Bible:
-# '''Zeboim''', '''Zeboiim''' or '''Tzvoyim''' ({{Hebrew Name|צְבֹויִים|Tsvoyim|Ṣəḇôyîm|"Deer (plural); goats; gazelles; roes"}}) was one of the "five cities of the plain" of [[Sodom and Gomorrah|Sodom]], generally coupled with [[Admah]] (Gen. 10:19; 14:2; Deut.29:23; Hos. 11:8).  It had a [[king]] of its own ("Shemeber", שמאבר, Gen. 14:2), and was therefore a place of some importance.  It was destroyed along with the other cities of the plain, according to Deuteronomy 29:23.
+# '''Zeboim''', '''Zeboiim''' or '''Tzvoyim''' ({{Hebrew Name|צְבֹויִים|Tsvoyim|Ṣəḇôyîm|"Deer (plural); goats; gazelles; roes"}}) was one of the "five cities of the plain" of [[Sodom and Gomorrah|Sodom]], generally coupled with [[Admah]] (Gen. 10:19; 14:2; Deut.29:23; Hos. 11:8). It had a [[king]] of its own ("Shemeber", שמאבר, Gen. 14:2), and was therefore a place of some importance. It was destroyed along with the other cities of the plain, according to Deuteronomy 29:23.
-# '''Ge ha-Tsvo`im''' (גי הצבעים, "valley of the hyenas"), a valley or rugged [[glen]] somewhere near [[Gibeah]] in [[Benjamin]] (1 Sam. 13:18).  It was probably the place now bearing the name ''Wadi Shaykh ad-Dub'a'' "Ravine of the Chief of the  [[Hyena]]s" north of [[Jericho]].
+# '''Ge ha-Tsvo`im''' (גי הצבעים, "valley of the hyenas"), a valley or rugged [[glen]] somewhere near [[Gibeah]] in [[Benjamin]] (1 Sam. 13:18). It was probably the place now bearing the name ''Wadi Shaykh ad-Dub'a'' "Ravine of the Chief of the [[Hyena]]s" north of [[Jericho]].
 # '''Tsvo`im''' (צגעים, "hyenas"), a place mentioned only in [[Book of Nehemiah|Nehemiah]] 11:34, inhabited by the Benjamites after the [[Babylonian captivity]].
+==See also==
+* [[Admah]] - one of the five "cities of the plain"
+* [[Sodom and Gomorrah]] - two of the five "cities of the plain"
+* [[Zeboim (biblical)|Zeboim]] - one of the five "cities of the plain"
+* [[Zoara|Zoar, former Bela]] - one of the five "cities of the plain"
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