Abdon
: a town of Asher east. of Achzib, given to the Gershonite Levites,a man who was the eleventh judge of Israel,the son of Shashak of Benjamin,son of Je-Iel of Gibeon in Benjamin; great uncle to King Saul,son (descendent) of Micah/Micaiah in King Josiah's time (33° 2´, 35° 10´)
Abel
: the second son of Adam and Eve; the brother of Cain,an English name representing two different Hebrew names,as representing the Hebrew name 'Hebel' or 'Habel',the second son of Adam,as representing the Hebrew name 'Abel',a town in northern Israel near Dan (OS) (33° 16´, 35° 34´);
(32° 1´, 35° 49´);
(32° 21´, 35° 32´);
(31° 51´, 35° 38´)
Abiezer
: son of Ammishaddai; Moses' officer over the tribe of Dan,son of Shemaah of Gibeah; chief of Benjamite defecters to David (32° 36´, 35° 17´)
Abiezrite
: a member of the clan of Abiezer of Manasseh (32° 36´, 35° 17´)
Abimelech
: priest (Eli Ithamar) of Nob, whom Saul killed; Ahimelech I,a priest, Ahimelech II; son of Abiathar son of Ahimelech I,a man who was part of David's fugitive band; a Hittite
Arnon
: a river forming the southern border of Ammon east of the Dead Sea (31° 25´, 35° 40´)
Aroer
: a town by the Wadi Arnon on the border of Reuben and Gad,a town in the desert of Judah (31° 28´, 35° 49´);
(31° 57´, 35° 54´);
(31° 8´, 34° 59´)
Arumah
: a town SE of Shechem (OS) (32° 9´, 35° 19´)
Asher
: a tribe of Israel that came from Asher; son of Jacob and Zilpah,the man; son of Jacob and Zilpah,a tribe of Israel or its land
Ashkelon
: a town of the Philistines between Ashdod and Gaza (OS) (31° 39´, 34° 32´)
Ashtaroth
: pagan god images of the Canaanite goddess Ashtoreth,a town of Manasseh about 35 km east of the sea of Chinnereth (32° 49´, 36° 0´);
(32° 45´, 36° 0´);
(32° 49´, 36° 0´)
Baal
: a pagan god,a title of a pagan god,a town in the Negeb on the border of Simeon and Judah,son of Reaiah son of Micah; a descendant of Reuben,the forth son of Jeiel, the Benjamite (31° 45´, 35° 43´);
(31° 45´, 35° 43´);
(31° 45´, 35° 43´);
(31° 45´, 35° 43´)
Balak
: a son of Zippor,son of Zippor, King of Moab, who hired Balaam against Israel (32° 27´, 35° 16´)
Barak
: a son of Abinoam in the days of the judges,son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali who defeated Sisera
Beer
: a place where Israel encamped north of the Arnon in Moab (OS),a town located perhaps west of Beth-Shan (OS) (30° 59´, 35° 29´)
Beth-barah
: a place along the Jordan a long way south of Beth-Shan (31° 50´, 35° 33´)
Beth-Barah
: a place along the Jordan a long way south of Beth-Shan (31° 50´, 35° 33´)
Beth-millo
: a town near or attached to Shechem (33° 31´, 36° 18´);
(32° 35´, 35° 10´);
(32° 12´, 35° 16´);
(40° 3´, 45° 2´)
Beth-Millo
: a town near or attached to Shechem (33° 31´, 36° 18´);
(32° 35´, 35° 10´);
(32° 12´, 35° 16´);
(40° 3´, 45° 2´)
Beth-Shittah
: a town of Manasseh between Jezreel and Beth-Shan (OS) (32° 33´, 35° 26´)
Beth-shittah
: a town of Manasseh between Jezreel and Beth-Shan (OS) (32° 33´, 35° 26´)
Bethel
: a town of Benjamin bordering Ephraim 18 km north of Jerusalem (31° 55´, 35° 13´);
(32° 2´, 35° 44´)
Bethlehem
: a town 8 km south of Jerusalem,a town of Zebulun 10 km west of Nazareth and 15 km SW of Cana SMM,a town of Judah 8 km south. of Jerusalem (31° 42´, 35° 12´);
(32° 44´, 35° 11´)
Canaan
: the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River (31° 41´, 34° 50´);
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Canaanites
: the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River (31° 41´, 34° 50´);
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Dagon
: a pagan god; the principal god of the Philistines (OS)
Dan
: residents of the town of Dan; members of the tribe of Dan,the tribe of Dan as a whole; the descendants of Dan in Israel (33° 14´, 35° 39´);
(31° 45´, 34° 59´)
Danites
: residents of the town of Dan; members of the tribe of Dan,the tribe of Dan as a whole; the descendants of Dan in Israel (33° 14´, 35° 39´);
(31° 45´, 34° 59´)
Deborah
: Rebekah's nurse,wife of Lappidoth; prophetess and judge of Israel
Delilah
: a woman from the valley of Sorek who tricked Samson
Dodo
: grandfather of Tola the judge--before Saul's time,son of Ahohi; one of David's military elite,father of Elhanan, one of David's military elite from Bethlehem
Ebed
: father of Gaal, the rascal of Shechem in the days of the judges,son of Jonathan; head of the Adin Clan returnees from exile
Edom
: resident(s) of the region of Edom (34° 50´, 39° 7´);
(33° 12´, 36° 30´);
(35° 5´, 42° 0´);
(30° 44´, 35° 36´);
(32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(33° 31´, 36° 18´)
Eglon
: a town in the western foothills of Judah near Lachish,king of Moab (31° 30´, 34° 46´)
Elon
: father of Basemath/Adah, the Hittite wife of Esau,son of Zebulun son of Israel,a town in the territory of Dan somewhere west of Jerusalem,a judge of Israel of the tribe of Zebulun (31° 58´, 35° 6´)
En-Hakkore
: a spring at Lehi in Judah (31° 45´, 34° 58´)
En-hakkore
: a spring at Lehi in Judah (31° 45´, 34° 58´)
Ephraim
: the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel (31° 57´, 35° 17´)
Ephraimite
: a resident of the territory of Ephraim (31° 57´, 35° 17´)
Ephraimites
: the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel (31° 57´, 35° 17´)
Eshtaol
: a town in the western foothills of Judah (31° 46´, 35° 0´)
Etam
: a place where the Israelites made an early encampment (31° 44´, 35° 3´);
(31° 22´, 34° 51´);
(31° 41´, 35° 10´)
Gaza
: a city A Philistine town 5 km east of the Mediterranean and 60 west of Hebron,a town on the western coast of the territory of Judah,a town and the region it controled (31° 31´, 34° 26´)
Gazites
: residents of the town of Gaza (31° 31´, 34° 26´)
Gera
: son of Ehud the judge son of Gera I son Bela son of Benjamin.
Gerizim
: a mountain just south of Mount Ebal overlooking Shechem
Gideon
: a man who was the fifth major judge of 12th century Israel; the son of Joash,son of Joash of Abiezer of Manasseh; a judge of Israel
Gilead
: a mountainous region east of the Jordan & north of the Arnon to Hermon,son of Machir son of Manasseh; founder of the clan of Gilead,father of Jephthah the judge,son of Michael of the tribe of Gad (32° 2´, 35° 43´)
Gileadite
: member(s) of the clan, or residents of the region of Gilead (32° 33´, 36° 0´)
Gilgal
: a place where Israel encamped between Jericho and the Jordan,a town between Dor and Tirza in the territory of Ephraim (YC),a town just north of Joppa, originally a military base (YC),a place 12 miles south of Shechem now called Jiljiliah (YC) (31° 51´, 35° 31´);
(32° 42´, 35° 18´);
(31° 51´, 35° 31´);
(32° 1´, 35° 13´);
(32° 48´, 35° 35´)
hamath
: a town of Syria on the Orontes between Aleppo and Damascus (OS) (35° 8´, 36° 44´);
(33° 7´, 35° 9´);
(35° 8´, 36° 44´);
(34° 18´, 36° 55´)
Hamath
: a town of unknown location (35° 8´, 36° 44´);
(33° 7´, 35° 9´);
(35° 8´, 36° 44´);
(34° 18´, 36° 55´)
Hamor
: the father of Shechem.,father of Shechem whose people Simeon and Levi destroyed
Harosheth-Ha-Goiim
: a town perhaps near modern Haifa (OS) (32° 41´, 35° 6´)
Havvoth-Jair
: a group of towns, a region (32° 2´, 35° 43´);
(32° 2´, 35° 43´)
Havvoth-jair
: a group of towns, a region (32° 2´, 35° 43´);
(32° 2´, 35° 43´)
Hazor
: a town 15 km north of Chinnereth, the NW shore of Galilee,a town of south-eastern Judah,a town of south-eastern Judah 20 km south of Hebron (OS),a town of Ephraim 25 km north of Jerusalem,a collective name for some semi-namadic Arabs as distinct from the bedoin of the desert (OS) (33° 1´, 35° 34´);
(30° 41´, 34° 29´);
(31° 9´, 35° 3´);
(31° 49´, 35° 12´);
(31° 9´, 35° 3´)
Heber
: son of Beriah of Asher,the Kenite husband of the woman Jael who killed Sisera,son of Mered of Judah by his Jewish wife,son of Elpaal of Benjamin
Hebron
: a valley and town of Judah 25 km west of the dead sea,son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Mareshah of Judah (31° 32´, 35° 5´)
Heres
: a mountain pass in Transjordania near Succoth (OS) (32° 11´, 35° 37´)
Heshbon
: a town of south-eastern Judah (31° 48´, 35° 48´);
(31° 12´, 34° 56´)
Hillel
: a man of Pirathon; father of Abdon who was a judge of Israel
Hittite
: a person/people living in the land of Syro-Palestine
Hivite
: a person/people descended from Canaan son of Ham son of Noah
Hobab
: son of Reuel the Midianite; brother-in-law to Moses
Israel
: a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
Israelite
: a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
Issachar
: the tribe of Israel that came from his Jacob's son Issachar,son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Issachar,the tribe of Issachar in Israel,son of Obed-Edom
Jabbok
: a river flowing west into the Jordan River 40 km north of the Dead Sea (32° 11´, 35° 40´)
Jabin
: king of Hazor in the time of Joshua,king of Canaan in Hazor in the time of Judge Deborah and Baruch
Jahaz
: a town of Reuben given to the Merarites (31° 30´, 35° 55´);
(31° 30´, 35° 55´)
Jair
: son of Segub son of Hezron of Judah,a man of Gilead who judged Israel twenty-two years,son of Shime-i son of Kish of Benjamin; father of Mordecai,the father of Elhanan, who slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath (32° 2´, 35° 43´);
(32° 2´, 35° 43´)
Jebusite
: resident(s) of the town of Jebus (Jerusalem) (31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Jephthah
: a man who judged Israel around 1100 B.C.,a man who judged Israel; son of Gilead (31° 48´, 34° 56´)
Jerubbaal
: son of Joash of Abiezer of Manasseh; a judge of Israel
Jether
: son of Gideon, the judge,an Ishmaelite man married to Abigail, David's sister; father of Amasa,son of Jadah of Judah,son of Ezrah a descendant of Judah,father of some of David's military elite of the tribe of Asher
Jezreel
: a resident of the town or region of Jezreel (31° 32´, 35° 5´);
(32° 33´, 35° 19´);
(32° 33´, 35° 19´)
Joash
: son of Becher son of Benjamin,head of the stores of oil under king David,father of Gideon,son of King Ahab of Israel,son and young successor of Ahaziah, King of Judah; father of Amaziah,son and successor of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel,a descendant of Shelah of Judah,son of Shemaah of Gibeah; one of the Benjamites who defected to David at Ziklag
Jogbehah
: a town built by the Gadites about 13 km NW of Amman (OS) (32° 1´, 35° 51´)
Jordan
: the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air) (32° 18´, 35° 33´)
Jotham
: the son who succeeded King Uzziah of Judah; the father of Ahaz; an ancestor of Jesus,the youngest son of Jerubbaal (Gideon),son and successor of King Azariah of Judah,son of Jahdai of Judah
Judah
: the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall (31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Kadesh
: an oasis 100 km south of Gaza & 120 km NNW of Ezion-Geber, where Israel made an encampment (30° 41´, 34° 29´);
(34° 33´, 36° 31´)
Kamon
: a place where Judge Jair was buried, part way between Lake Galilee and Ramoth-Gilead (32° 2´, 35° 43´)
Karkor
: a town in Transjordania (OS) (32° 11´, 35° 42´)
Kedesh
: a city of refuge in Naphtali, given to the Levite descendants of Gershon; originally a Canaanite town,a town in Issachar given to the GershoniteLevites,a town of south-eastern Judah near the border of Edom (YC) (33° 6´, 35° 32´);
(30° 41´, 34° 29´);
(32° 33´, 35° 14´)
Kenaz
: son of Eliphaz son of Esau,a chief of Edom,a descendant of Jephunneh of Judah; brother to Caleb the friend of Joshua; father of Othniel,son of Elah of Jephunneh of Judah
Kenite
: resident(s) of the southeastern hill country of Judah
Kishon
: a river that flows NW through the Plain of Esdraelon past Jezreel & Megiddo to the Mediterranean Sea north of Mt. Carmel (32° 45´, 35° 3´)
Lappidoth
: husband of Deborah, the prophetess who judged Israel
Lebanon
: a mountain range and the adjoining regions (IBD) (33° 45´, 35° 35´)
Lehi
: a town of Judah near Philistia, exact position unknown (OS) (31° 45´, 34° 58´)
Machir
: son of Manasseh (Joseph); father of Hezron's wife and of Gilead,son of Ammiel at Lo-Debar; Mephibosheth's friend
Mahaneh-dan
: a town between Zorah and Eshtaol, about 14 km east of Ekron (33° 14´, 35° 39´);
(31° 45´, 34° 59´)
Mahaneh-Dan
: a town between Zorah and Eshtaol, about 14 km east of Ekron (33° 14´, 35° 39´);
(31° 45´, 34° 59´)
Manoah
: a man of Zorah of Dan; father of Judge Samson
Megiddo
: a town and a plain of Manasseh (32° 35´, 35° 10´)
Meroz
: a town south of Kedesh in Naphtali (OS) (32° 41´, 35° 23´)
Mesopotamia
: the country between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers,the region between (and around) the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (34° 50´, 39° 7´);
(33° 12´, 36° 30´);
(35° 5´, 42° 0´);
(30° 44´, 35° 36´);
(32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(33° 31´, 36° 18´)
Midian
: resident(s) of the region of Midian (31° 24´, 35° 6´);
(28° 55´, 34° 54´)
Midianite
: resident(s) of the region of Midian (31° 24´, 35° 6´);
(28° 55´, 34° 54´)
Minnith
: a town of Ammon which gives its name to a kind of grain (OS) (31° 45´, 35° 50´)
Mizpah
: a town of Moab (32° 33´, 36° 0´);
(33° 16´, 35° 34´);
(31° 49´, 35° 10´);
(31° 49´, 35° 10´);
(31° 33´, 34° 50´);
(31° 10´, 35° 42´)
Moab
: resident(s) of the country of Moab (31° 29´, 35° 46´)
Moabite
: a female descendant of Moab (31° 29´, 35° 46´)
Moreh
: place of a notable oak tree near Shechem,a hill about 10 km south of Mt. Tabor (OS) (32° 12´, 35° 16´);
(32° 37´, 35° 21´)
Moses
: a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law
Naphtali
: region/territority and the tribe of Israel,the son of Jacob and Bilhah,the tribe of people descended from Naphtali,the territory of the people of Naphtali
nazirite
: a man who expresses his devotion to God by not cutting his hair
Nazirite
: a man who expresses his devotion to God by not cutting his hair
Nobah
: a man of Manasseh, presumably,a town of Gilead near Jogbehah south of the Jabbok (OS, ZD) (32° 45´, 36° 36´)
Ophrah
: a town of Benjamin on the border of Ephraim, 4 km ENE of Bethel,a town of Manasseh, possibly 7 km NW of Jezreel,son of Meonothai of Judah (31° 57´, 35° 17´);
(32° 36´, 35° 17´)
Oreb
: a prince of Midian in the time of Gideon,a place; a noted rock
Othniel
: son of Kenaz of Judah; son-in-law to his uncle Caleb
Penuel
: a town on the brook Jabbok 7 km east of Succoth,father of Gedor; a descendant of Hur of Judah,son of Shashak of Benjamin (32° 11´, 35° 42´);
(32° 11´, 35° 42´)
Perizzite
: a people of ancient Canaan in the later territory of Ephraim
Philistines
: a sea people coming from Crete in 1200BC to the coast of Canaan (33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Pirathonite
: a resident of Pirathon in Ephraim, 11 km WSW of Shechem (32° 17´, 35° 1´)
Ramah
: a town 8 km north of Jerusalem,a town of Simeon,a town of Benjamin 9 km north of Jerusalem and 8 km south of Bethel (OS),a town on the border of Asher (OS),a town of Ephraim 10 km SE of Aphek, and 25 km east of Joppa,a town in Gilead 50-60 km east of Beth-Shan (31° 53´, 35° 12´);
(33° 6´, 35° 18´);
(32° 56´, 35° 22´);
(31° 49´, 35° 10´);
(32° 33´, 36° 0´)
Ramath-Lehi
: the place where Samson defended himself with a donkey's jawbone (31° 45´, 34° 58´)
Ramath-lehi
: the place where Samson defended himself with a donkey's jawbone (31° 45´, 34° 58´)
Red Sea
: the ocean between Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula,the sea between Egypt and Arabia (33° 14´, 33° 28´);
(30° 5´, 31° 13´);
(27° 5´, 34° 46´);
(31° 32´, 35° 28´);
(27° 5´, 34° 46´);
(31° 32´, 35° 28´);
(31° 1´, 33° 51´)
Samson
: a man who was a Hebrew judge noted for his supernatural strength,son of Manoah of Dan; a judge of supernatural physical strength
sea
: the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea (33° 14´, 33° 28´);
(30° 5´, 31° 13´);
(27° 5´, 34° 46´);
(31° 32´, 35° 28´);
(27° 5´, 34° 46´);
(31° 32´, 35° 28´);
(31° 1´, 33° 51´)
Seir
: a mountain and adjoining land,a man from the highlands of Seir (OS); father-in-law of Esau (30° 44´, 35° 36´)
Shamgar
: son of Anath; judge who killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad
Shamir
: a town in the hill country of Judah,a town in the hill country of Ephraim,chief son of Micah (Uzziel Kohath Levi) (31° 25´, 34° 56´);
(32° 21´, 35° 15´)
Shechem
: member of the Shechem Clan and/or resident of Shechem
Shibboleth
: a test word to identify a man's true origin (IBD)
Sibboleth
: a test word to identify a man's true origin (IBD)
Sidon
: residents of the town of Sidon (33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Sidonians
: residents of the town of Sidon (33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Sinai
: a mountain located either between the gulfs of Suez and Akaba or in Arabia, east of Akaba,a mountain; the place where the law was given to Moses (28° 32´, 33° 58´)
Sisera
: the commander of the army of Jabin, king of Canaan in Hazor,a Levite leader of a group of temple servants in Ezra's time
Sorek
: a valley draining west from Jerusalem past Beth-Shemesh
Succoth
: a place where the Israelites camped as they left Egypt,a town of Gad in the Jordan Valley opposite Shechem (32° 11´, 35° 37´);
(30° 37´, 32° 15´)
Syria
: the country to the north of Palestine,a country of north western Mesopotamia (34° 50´, 39° 7´);
(33° 12´, 36° 30´);
(35° 5´, 42° 0´);
(30° 44´, 35° 36´);
(32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(33° 31´, 36° 18´)
Taanach
: a town of Manasseh given to the Kohathites, 7 km SSE of Megiddo (32° 31´, 35° 12´)
Tabbath
: a town next to Abel-Meholah, about 15 km SSE of Beth-Shan (32° 21´, 35° 32´)
Tabor
: a mountain on the border between Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali,a place near Bethel where there was a notable oak tree (OS),a town of Zebulun near Issachar given to the Merarites (32° 41´, 35° 23´);
(32° 40´, 35° 19´);
(31° 55´, 35° 13´)
Thebez
: a town of west Manasseh about 15 km north of Shechem (32° 19´, 35° 22´)
Timnah
: a hill town of Judah near Beth-Shemesh and the Dan border (31° 47´, 34° 54´);
(31° 41´, 35° 2´)
Zebulun
: the tribe of Israel that came from Zebulun whose territory was in Galilee,the man; son of Jacob and Leah,the tribe of Zebulun,the territory of the tribe of Zebulun