Habor in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism

Habor, ha'-bôr (Heb.)-- joined together; united; confederated; allied; companion; cemented; bound by a spell; striped with a lash. Either a river in Media, a tributary of the Euphrates, or a place situated on that river (II Kings 17:6). Meta. A forced seeming union made between the religious and spiritual thoughts of man (Israelites) and his intellectual sense reasonings (Assyrians). (The Israelites were taken captive by the Assyrians, and Habor was one of the places where they were placed.)