Difference between revisions of "Gidom"
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51283" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51283" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> GIDOM </strong> . The limit of the pursuit of [[Benjamin]] by the other tribes ( Judges 21:15 ). Possibly the word is not a proper name, but may be read as an infinitive, ‘till they cut them off.’ No place of the name of [[Gidom]] is mentioned elsewhere. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66326" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66326" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_41599" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_41599" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Gidom', גַּדְעֹם '', A Felling;'' Sept. Γεδάν v.r. Γαλαάδ), a place east of Gibeah, towards the wilderness (of Bethel), where the routed Benjamites turned to escape to the rock Rimmon ( Judges 20:45); hence probably in the plain lying north-east of Michmash, and perhaps so called from being a [[Clearing]] in the woods that anciently covered this tract ( 2 Kings 2:24; 1 Samuel 14:25). (See Menukah). </p> | <p> (Heb. Gidom', '''''גַּדְעֹם''''' '', A Felling;'' Sept. '''''Γεδάν''''' v.r. '''''Γαλαάδ''''' ), a place east of Gibeah, towards the wilderness (of Bethel), where the routed Benjamites turned to escape to the rock Rimmon ( Judges 20:45); hence probably in the plain lying north-east of Michmash, and perhaps so called from being a [[Clearing]] in the woods that anciently covered this tract ( 2 Kings 2:24; 1 Samuel 14:25). (See Menukah). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4086" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4086" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 07:51, 15 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
GIDOM . The limit of the pursuit of Benjamin by the other tribes ( Judges 21:15 ). Possibly the word is not a proper name, but may be read as an infinitive, ‘till they cut them off.’ No place of the name of Gidom is mentioned elsewhere.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
Place to which the Benjamites were pursued after the battle of Gibeah. Judges 20:45 .
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [3]
Judges 20:45; between Gibeah and the cliff Rimmon (Rimmon, three miles E. of Bethel).
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Judges 20:45
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(Heb. Gidom', גַּדְעֹם , A Felling; Sept. Γεδάν v.r. Γαλαάδ ), a place east of Gibeah, towards the wilderness (of Bethel), where the routed Benjamites turned to escape to the rock Rimmon ( Judges 20:45); hence probably in the plain lying north-east of Michmash, and perhaps so called from being a Clearing in the woods that anciently covered this tract ( 2 Kings 2:24; 1 Samuel 14:25). (See Menukah).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
gı̄´dom ( גּדעם , gidh‛ōm ): The limit eastward, from Gibeah toward the wilderness, of the pursuit of Benjamin by Israel ( Judges 20:45 ). No name suggesting this has yet been recovered. It is not mentioned elsewhere.
