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Zephath <ref name=" | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38107" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' | <p> ("watchtower") ( Judges 1:17). A [[Canaanite]] town, called after its destruction by [[Israel]] (See [[Hormah]] . In the extreme S. or wilderness of Judah. Now the pass ''Es Sufa'' from the [[Arabah]] border up to the high level of the S. country (Robinson). But Speaker's Commentary, "Rakhmah," an anagram of [[Hormah]] , some miles E. of ''Sebatah'' which is on the road to [[Suez]] , quarter of an hour N. of ''Rohebeh'' or ''Ruheibeh'' . </p> <p> Rowlands identifies [[Zephath]] with ''Sebata'' , whose ruins extend 500 yards in length, 300 in width, 20 miles from ''Ain Gadis'' which [[Palmer]] makes Kadesh. Then the fort ''El Meshrifeh'' would command the only pass to ''Sebaita'' . The name of the low mountains 15 miles S.W. of ''Meshrifeh'' ; ''Ras Amir'' marks the hill country of the Amorites. Palmer makes ''Sebaita'' the city of Zephath, and ''Meshrifeh'' , three miles off, its protecting tower. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17550" /> == | |||
<p> A [[Canaanitish]] city afterwards called Hormah, one of the "uttermost cities of Judah southwards," afterwards assigned to Simeon, Joshua 12:14 15:30 19:4 . The name is supposed to be traceable in Sufah, a long and rough pass leading from the south up into the mountains of Judah. It was at Zephath that the [[Israelites]] were repulsed in attempting to ascend from Kadesh, Numbers 14:40-45 21:3 Deuteronomy 1:44 Judges 1:17 . </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75637" /> == | |||
<p> '''Ze'phath.''' ''(Watch-Tower).'' The earlier name, Judges 1:17, of a Canaanite town, which, after its capture and destruction, was called by the Israelites, [[Hormah]] . ''See '' [[Hormah]] ''.'' </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44630" /> == | |||
Judges 1:17 | |||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34105" /> == | |||
Judges 1:17 | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54908" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> ZEPHATH </strong> . See Hormah. </p> | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_69338" /> == | |||
<p> See HORMAH. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66785" /> == | |||
<p> '''Bibliography Information''' McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Zephath'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/z/zephath.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16988" /> == | |||
<p> Ze´phath, a Canaanitish city, afterwards called Hormah (). The ancient designation is perhaps retained in the modern Sufah, the name of a difficult pass leading up from the Arabah to the south of Judah. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_38107"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/zephath Zephath from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_17550"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/zephath Zephath from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_75637"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/zephath Zephath from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_44630"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/zephath Zephath from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_34105"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/zephath Zephath from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_54908"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/zephath Zephath from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_69338"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/zephath Zephath from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_66785"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/zephath Zephath from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_16988"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/zephath Zephath from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | |||
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