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Texts -- Joshua 19:33 (NET)
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- Jos 19:32-39 -- Naphtali's Tribal Lands
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Heleph
[ebd] exchange, a city on the north border of Naphtali (Josh. 19:33).
[isbe] HELEPH - he'-lef (cheleph): A place on the southern border of Naphtali (Josh 19:33); unidentified.
[smith] (exchange), the place from which the boundary of the tribe of Naphtali started. (Joshua 19:33)
[nave] HELEPH, town of Naphtali, Josh. 19:33.
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Allon
[ebd] oak. (1.) The expression in the Authorized Version of Josh. 19:33, "from Allon to Zaanannim," is more correctly rendered in the Revised Version, "from the oak in Zaanannim." The word denotes some remarkable tree which stood ...
[isbe] ALLON - al'-on ('allon, "oak"): (1) A town in the tribe of Naphtali in northern Palestine (Josh 19:33), according to the King James Version, which follows some Hebrew texts. It is better however to read with the Revised Vers...
[smith] a large strong tree of some description probably an oak. ALLON more accurately ELON, a place named among the cities of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:33) Probably the more correct construction is to take it with the following word, i....
[nave] ALLON 1. Son of Jedaiah, 1 Chr. 4:37. 2. A city of Naphtali, Josh. 19:33.
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Nekeb
[ebd] cavern, a town on the boundary of Naphtali (Josh. 19:33). It has with probability, been identified with Seiyadeh, nearly 2 miles east of Bessum, a ruin half way between Tiberias and Mount Tabor.
[isbe] NEKEB - ne'-keb: This name occurs only in combination with "Adami" ('adhami ha-neqebh, "Adami of the pass"); Septuagint reads the names of two places: kai Arme kai Nabok (B); kai Armai kai Nakeb (Josh 19:33), so we should po...
[nave] NEKEB, a city in Naphtali, Josh. 19:33.
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Jabneel
[ebd] built by God. (1.) A town in the north boundary of Judah (Josh. 15:11), called afterwards by the Greeks Jamnia, the modern Yebna, 11 miles south of Jaffa. After the fall of Jerusalem (A.D. 70), it became one of the most popu...
[smith] (building of God). One of the points on the northern boundary of Judah, not quite at the sea, though near it. (Joshua 15:11) There is no sign, however, of its ever having been occupied by Judah. Josephus attributes it to the...
[nave] JABNEEL 1. A city in Judah, Josh. 15:11. 2. A city of Naphtali, Josh. 19:33.
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Lakum
[smith] (fortification), properly formed the landmarks of the boundary of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:33)
[nave] LAKUM, a city in Naphtali, Josh. 19:33.
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ADAMI
[isbe] ADAMI - ad'-a-mi; a-da'-mi: Mentioned in the King James Version as a separate name, where the Revised Version (British and American) has ADAMI-NEKEB, which see (Josh 19:33).
[smith] (my man, earth), a place on the border of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:33)
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Naphtali
[isbe] NAPHTALI - naf'-ta-li (naphtali; Nephthaleim): I. THE PATRIARCH 1. Name 2. Circumstances of His Birth 3. Historical and Traditional Details II. TRIBE OF NAPHTALI 1. Its Relative Position 2. Its Location in Palestine 3. Physi...
[nave] NAPHTALI 1. Son of Jacob and Bilhah, Gen. 30:7, 8; 35:25. Jacob blesses, Gen. 49:21. Sons of, Gen. 46:24; 1 Chr. 7:13. 2. Tribe of. Census of, Num. 1:42, 43; 26:48-50. Position assigned to, in camp and march, Num. 2:25-3...
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Adamah
[ebd] red earth, a fortified city of Naphtali, probably the modern Damieh, on the west side of the sea of Tiberias (Josh. 19:33, 36).
[nave] ADAMAH, called also Adami, a city of Naphtali, Josh. 19:33, 36.
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TEREBINTH
[isbe] TEREBINTH - ter'-e-binth: (1) 'elah (Isa 6:13, the King James Version "teil tree"; Hos 4:13, the King James Version "elms"); in Gen 35:4 (the King James Version "oak"); Jdg 6:11,19; 9:6 (the King James Version "plain"); 2 Sa...
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ZAANANNIM; PLAIN OR OAK OF
[isbe] ZAANANNIM; PLAIN OR OAK OF - za-a-nan'-im, elon betsa`anayim; or betsa`anannim Codex Vaticanus Besamiein; Codex Alexandrinus Besananim (Josh 19:33); in Jdg 4:11 Codex Vaticanus translates it as pleonektounton, and Codex Alex...
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Israel
[nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
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Zaanaim
[nave] ZAANAIM, called also Zaanaim. A plain near Kedesh, Josh. 19:33; Judg. 4:11.
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Joshua
[nave] JOSHUA 1. Called also Jehoshua, and Jehoshuah, and Oshea. Son of Nun, Num. 13:8; 1 Chr. 7:27. Intimately associated with Moses, Ex. 24:13; 32:17; 33:11. A religious zealot, Num. 11:28. Sent with others to view the promise...
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OAK
[isbe] OAK - ok: Several Hebrew words are so translated, but there has always been great doubt as to which words should be translated "oak" and which "terebinth." This uncertainty appears in the Septuagint and all through English V...
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JIRJATHAIM
[smith] (the two cities). On the east of the Jordan, one of the places which were taken possession of and rebuilt by the Reubenites, and had fresh names conferred on them, (Numbers 32:37) and see (Numbers 32:38) the first and last o...
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JABNEEL; JABNEH
[isbe] JABNEEL; JABNEH - jab'-ne-el, jab'-ne (yabhne'el, "God is builder"; Septuagint Lebna, Swete reads Lemna; the Apocrypha has Iamnia, Iamneia): (1) A town on the northern border of the land assigned to Judah, near the western s...
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Naphtali, Tribe of
[ebd] On this tribe Jacob pronounced the patriarchal blessing, "Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words" (Gen. 49:21). It was intended thus to set forth under poetic imagery the future character and history of the tri...
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Grove
[ebd] (1.) Heb. 'asherah, properly a wooden image, or a pillar representing Ashtoreth, a sensual Canaanitish goddess, probably usually set up in a grove (2 Kings 21:7; 23:4). In the Revised Version the word "Asherah" (q.v.) is int...
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Zaanannim
[ebd] =Zaanaim, (Josh. 19:33).
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ADAMI-NEKEB
[isbe] ADAMI-NEKEB - ad'-a-mi ne'-keb 'adhami ha-neqebh, "the ground of the piercing," that is of the pass, or defile): A place mentioned in indicating the border of Naphtali (Josh 19:33). In the King James Version, Adami and Nekeb...
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