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== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30190" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30190" /> == | ||
<span> [[Judges]] 1:31 </span> | |||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34205" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34205" /> == | ||
<p> A city of Asher, whence the [[Canaanites]] were not driven out ( <span> [[Judges]] 1:31 </span> ). More recently [[Gush]] Chaleb, or Giscala, whence came John, son of Levi, leader in the siege of Jerusalem; said to be the birthplace of Paul's parents. Now Eljish, near Safed, in the hills N.W. of the lake of Tiberias. </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38332" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38332" /> == | ||
<span> [[Judges]] 1:31 </span> | |||
== Hitchcock's Bible Names <ref name="term_45093" /> == | == Hitchcock's Bible Names <ref name="term_45093" /> == | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49326" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49326" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> AHLAB </strong> . A city of [[Asher]] ( <span> [[Judges]] 1:31 </span> ). The site has been [[Identified]] with the later <em> [[Gush]] Halab </em> or <em> Giscala </em> , now <em> el-Jîsh </em> in [[Upper]] Galilee; but this is, of course, uncertain. </p> | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64710" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64710" /> == | ||
<p> [[City]] in Canaan, the inhabitants of which [[Asher]] failed to drive out. <span> [[Judges]] 1:31 </span> . It has been identified with <i> el-Jish, </i> 33 2' N, 35 26' E. </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71250" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71250" /> == | ||
<p> <span> Ah'lab. </span> <span> (fertile). </span> A city of [[Asher]] from which the [[Canaanites]] were not driven out. <span> [[Judges]] 1:31 </span> . </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_478" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_478" /> == | ||
<p> <translit> a´lab </translit> ( <span> אחלב </span> , <i> <translit> 'aḥlābh </translit> </i> , "fat or fruitful"): A town of Asher. It is clear, however, that the [[Israelites]] failed to drive away the original inhabitants ( <span> [[Judges]] 1:31 </span> ). Some have identified [[Ahlab]] with <i> <translit> [[Gush]] Halab </translit> </i> or Geschila, Northwest of the [[Sea]] of Galilee. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18234" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18234" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrew Achlab', <span> אְְחלָב </span> <span> , fatness, </span> i e. <span> fertile; </span> Sept. <span> Ἀχλάβ </span> v. r. <span> Δαλάφ </span> ), a town of Asher, apparently near [[Zidon]] and Achzib, the native inhabitants of which the [[Israelites]] were unable to expel ( <span> [[Judges]] 1:31 </span> ). Its lying thus within the unconquered [[Phoenician]] border may be the reason of its omission in the list of the [[Asherite]] cities ( <span> [[Joshua]] 19:24-31 </span> ). It is supposed (see Schwarz, <span> Palest. </span> p. 198) that Achlab reappears in later history as Gush-Chalab ( <span> גּוּשׁ </span> <span> חָלבְ </span> ) or <span> Giscala </span> (Reland, <span> Palest. </span> p. 813, 817), a place lately identified by Robinson under the abbreviated name of el-Jish, near Safed, in the hilly country to the northwest of the sea of [[Galilee]] (Researches, new ed. 2:446; 3, 73). This place was in rabbinical times famous for its oil, and the old olive-trees still remain in the neighborhood (Reland and Robinson, ib.). From it came the famous John, son of Levi, the leader in the siege of [[Jerusalem]] (Joseph. Life, 10; War, 2, 21, 1), and it had a legendary celebrity as the birth-place of the parents of no less a person than the [[Apostle]] [[Paul]] (Jerome, Comment. ad Ep. ad Philem.). But this cannot be the [[Ahlab]] of Asher. (See <a> GISCHALA </a> ). </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_30190"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/ahlab Ahlab from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_34205"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/ahlab Ahlab from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_38332"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/ahlab Ahlab from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_45093"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hitchcock-s-bible-names/ahlab Ahlab from Hitchcock's Bible Names]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_49326"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/ahlab Ahlab from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_64710"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/ahlab Ahlab from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_71250"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/ahlab Ahlab from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_478"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ahlab Ahlab from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_18234"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ahlab Ahlab from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 16:27, 11 October 2021
Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]
Judges 1:31
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]
A city of Asher, whence the Canaanites were not driven out ( Judges 1:31 ). More recently Gush Chaleb, or Giscala, whence came John, son of Levi, leader in the siege of Jerusalem; said to be the birthplace of Paul's parents. Now Eljish, near Safed, in the hills N.W. of the lake of Tiberias.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Judges 1:31
Hitchcock's Bible Names [4]
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]
AHLAB . A city of Asher ( Judges 1:31 ). The site has been Identified with the later Gush Halab or Giscala , now el-Jîsh in Upper Galilee; but this is, of course, uncertain.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [6]
City in Canaan, the inhabitants of which Asher failed to drive out. Judges 1:31 . It has been identified with el-Jish, 33 2' N, 35 26' E.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [7]
Ah'lab. (fertile). A city of Asher from which the Canaanites were not driven out. Judges 1:31 .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]
<translit> a´lab </translit> ( אחלב , <translit> 'aḥlābh </translit> , "fat or fruitful"): A town of Asher. It is clear, however, that the Israelites failed to drive away the original inhabitants ( Judges 1:31 ). Some have identified Ahlab with <translit> Gush Halab </translit> or Geschila, Northwest of the Sea of Galilee.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [9]
(Hebrew Achlab', אְְחלָב , fatness, i e. fertile; Sept. Ἀχλάβ v. r. Δαλάφ ), a town of Asher, apparently near Zidon and Achzib, the native inhabitants of which the Israelites were unable to expel ( Judges 1:31 ). Its lying thus within the unconquered Phoenician border may be the reason of its omission in the list of the Asherite cities ( Joshua 19:24-31 ). It is supposed (see Schwarz, Palest. p. 198) that Achlab reappears in later history as Gush-Chalab ( גּוּשׁ חָלבְ ) or Giscala (Reland, Palest. p. 813, 817), a place lately identified by Robinson under the abbreviated name of el-Jish, near Safed, in the hilly country to the northwest of the sea of Galilee (Researches, new ed. 2:446; 3, 73). This place was in rabbinical times famous for its oil, and the old olive-trees still remain in the neighborhood (Reland and Robinson, ib.). From it came the famous John, son of Levi, the leader in the siege of Jerusalem (Joseph. Life, 10; War, 2, 21, 1), and it had a legendary celebrity as the birth-place of the parents of no less a person than the Apostle Paul (Jerome, Comment. ad Ep. ad Philem.). But this cannot be the Ahlab of Asher. (See <a> GISCHALA </a> ).
References
- ↑ Ahlab from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahlab from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahlab from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahlab from Hitchcock's Bible Names
- ↑ Ahlab from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Ahlab from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahlab from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahlab from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Ahlab from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
