Difference between revisions of "Mephaath"
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73868" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73868" /> == | ||
<p> '''Meph'a-ath.''' ''( | <p> '''Meph'a-ath.''' ''(Splendor Height).'' City of the Reubenites, one of the towns independently at Heshhon, Joshua 13:18, lying in the district of the Mishor. Compare Joshua 13:17 and Jeremiah 48:21. Authorized Version, "plain," which probably answered to the modern ''Belka'' . It was one of the cities allotted, with their suburbs, to the [[Merarite]] Levites. Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79. It's site is uncertain. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52580" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52580" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> MEPHAATH. </strong> A city of [[Reuben]] ( Joshua 13:18 ); assigned to the [[Levites]] ( Joshua 21:37 , 1 Chronicles 6:79 ); a [[Moabite]] city in Jeremiah 48:21 . In the 4th cent. a.d. it is said to have been the station of a Roman garrison. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36467" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36467" /> == | ||
<p> ("beauty".) | <p> ("beauty".) A town of Reuben ( Joshua 13:17-18; Joshua 21:37); a dependency of Heshbon, N. of Amen, in the "downs" (mishor ), the modern ''Belka'' ( Jeremiah 48:21). [[Assigned]] to the Merarite Levites. Regained by Moab. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67600" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67600" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50700" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50700" /> == | ||
<p> [some Mepha'ath] (Hebrews Meypha'ath, מֵיפִעִת, prob. | <p> [some Mepha'ath] (Hebrews Meypha'ath, מֵיפִעִת, prob. [[Splendor]] ; once defectively written מֵפִעִת . Joshua 13:18, and once [Kethib] מוֹפִעִת, Jeremiah 48:21; Sept. Μηφάαθ in Josh., Φαάθ ''V. R. Μαεφλά'' in Chron. And Μαφάς v. r. Μωφάθ in Jer.), a Levitical (Merarite) city ( Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79) of the tribe of Reuben ( Joshua 13:18), doubtless originally (like Heshbon, of which it formed a dependency) in the hands of the [[Amorites]] ( Numbers 21:26), but afterwards belonging to [[Moab]] ( Jeremiah 48:21); probably situated near [[Kedemoth]] and Jahazah, in connection with which it is always mentioned. [[Eusebius]] (''Onomast'' .) calls it ''Mephath'' (Μηφάθ), and states that it was still occupied by a Roman garrison as a defence against the Arabs of the neighboring desert. As the name implies a conspicuous position, the site may possibly correspond with that of the modern village with ruins on an eminence marked as ''Umn El- Weled'' on [[Van]] de Velde's ''Map'' , east of Medeba. "The extended, and possibly later, form of the name which occurs in Chronicles and Jeremiah, as if ''Mey Phaath'' , ‘ waters of Phaath,' may be, as in other cases, an attempt to fix an intelligible meaning on an archaic or foreign word;" although the fuller form appears to be radical (so both [[Gesenius]] and Ftirst, from </p> <p> יָפִע, ''To Glitter, Be Eminent'' ). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6043" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6043" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' mef´ā́ ''''' - ''''' ath ''''' , ''''' mḗ ''''' - ''''' fā´ath ''''' ( מפעת , <i> ''''' mēpha‛ath ''''' </i> and מיפעת , <i> ''''' mēypha‛ath ''''' </i> , מופעת , <i> ''''' mōpha‛ath ''''' </i> ; Codex Vaticanus, Μαιφάαθ , <i> ''''' Maipháath ''''' </i> , Μηφάαθ , <i> ''''' Mēpháath ''''' </i> ): | <p> ''''' mef´ā́ ''''' - ''''' ath ''''' , ''''' mḗ ''''' - ''''' fā´ath ''''' ( מפעת , <i> ''''' mēpha‛ath ''''' </i> and מיפעת , <i> ''''' mēypha‛ath ''''' </i> , מופעת , <i> ''''' mōpha‛ath ''''' </i> ; Codex Vaticanus, Μαιφάαθ , <i> ''''' Maipháath ''''' </i> , Μηφάαθ , <i> ''''' Mēpháath ''''' </i> ): A city of the Amorites in the territory allotted to Reuben, named with Kedemoth and [[Kiriathaim]] ( Joshua 13:18 ), and given to the Merarite Levites ( Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79 ). It appears again as a Moabite town in Jeremiah 48:21 . It was known to Eusebius and [[Jerome]] (Onom) as occupied by a Roman garrison, but the site has been lost. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 09:31, 13 October 2021
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Meph'a-ath. (Splendor Height). City of the Reubenites, one of the towns independently at Heshhon, Joshua 13:18, lying in the district of the Mishor. Compare Joshua 13:17 and Jeremiah 48:21. Authorized Version, "plain," which probably answered to the modern Belka . It was one of the cities allotted, with their suburbs, to the Merarite Levites. Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79. It's site is uncertain.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
MEPHAATH. A city of Reuben ( Joshua 13:18 ); assigned to the Levites ( Joshua 21:37 , 1 Chronicles 6:79 ); a Moabite city in Jeremiah 48:21 . In the 4th cent. a.d. it is said to have been the station of a Roman garrison.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [3]
("beauty".) A town of Reuben ( Joshua 13:17-18; Joshua 21:37); a dependency of Heshbon, N. of Amen, in the "downs" (mishor ), the modern Belka ( Jeremiah 48:21). Assigned to the Merarite Levites. Regained by Moab.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
Levitical city in Reuben, east of the Jordan. Joshua 13:18; Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79; Jeremiah 48:21 . Not identified
Holman Bible Dictionary [5]
Joshua 13:18 Joshua 21:37 1 Chronicles 6:79 Jeremiah 48:21
Easton's Bible Dictionary [6]
Joshua 21:37
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
[some Mepha'ath] (Hebrews Meypha'ath, מֵיפִעִת, prob. Splendor ; once defectively written מֵפִעִת . Joshua 13:18, and once [Kethib] מוֹפִעִת, Jeremiah 48:21; Sept. Μηφάαθ in Josh., Φαάθ V. R. Μαεφλά in Chron. And Μαφάς v. r. Μωφάθ in Jer.), a Levitical (Merarite) city ( Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79) of the tribe of Reuben ( Joshua 13:18), doubtless originally (like Heshbon, of which it formed a dependency) in the hands of the Amorites ( Numbers 21:26), but afterwards belonging to Moab ( Jeremiah 48:21); probably situated near Kedemoth and Jahazah, in connection with which it is always mentioned. Eusebius (Onomast .) calls it Mephath (Μηφάθ), and states that it was still occupied by a Roman garrison as a defence against the Arabs of the neighboring desert. As the name implies a conspicuous position, the site may possibly correspond with that of the modern village with ruins on an eminence marked as Umn El- Weled on Van de Velde's Map , east of Medeba. "The extended, and possibly later, form of the name which occurs in Chronicles and Jeremiah, as if Mey Phaath , ‘ waters of Phaath,' may be, as in other cases, an attempt to fix an intelligible meaning on an archaic or foreign word;" although the fuller form appears to be radical (so both Gesenius and Ftirst, from
יָפִע, To Glitter, Be Eminent ).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]
mef´ā́ - ath , mḗ - fā´ath ( מפעת , mēpha‛ath and מיפעת , mēypha‛ath , מופעת , mōpha‛ath ; Codex Vaticanus, Μαιφάαθ , Maipháath , Μηφάαθ , Mēpháath ): A city of the Amorites in the territory allotted to Reuben, named with Kedemoth and Kiriathaim ( Joshua 13:18 ), and given to the Merarite Levites ( Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79 ). It appears again as a Moabite town in Jeremiah 48:21 . It was known to Eusebius and Jerome (Onom) as occupied by a Roman garrison, but the site has been lost.
References
- ↑ Mephaath from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Mephaath from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Mephaath from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Mephaath from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Mephaath from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Mephaath from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Mephaath from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Mephaath from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
