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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 InformationMcClintock, 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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