cluster of figs
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
DIBLAIM.The father of Gomer, Hoseas wife (Hos_1:3). See Hosea.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
(doubled grape cakes). Gomer, Hosea's (Hos_1:3) wife, was "daughter of Diblaim" i.e., wholly given up to sensuality. (See HOSEA.)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Dibla'im. (double cake). Mother of Hosea's wife, Gomer. Hos_1:3. (B.C. before 725).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
dib?lā̇-im, dib-lā?im (דּבלים, dibhlayim, ?two cakes?): A native of Northern Israel and father of Gomer, the wife of Hosea (Hos_1:3).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Diblaim
(Hebrew, Dibla´yim, דַּבלִיַם, two round cakes, e.g. of dried figs pressed together into a mass, as in 1Sa_25:18; but according to Furst, Heb. Handw. s.v., double coition; Sept. Δεβηλαείμ, v. r. Δεβηλαϊvμ), the name of the father of Hosea's meretricious wife (Hos_1:3). B.C. ante 725.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.