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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36488" /> ==
<p> ''''' mā´roth ''''' , ''''' mā´rōth ''''' ( מרות , <i> ''''' mārōth ''''' </i> ; ( κατοικοῦσα , <i> ''''' katoikoúsa ''''' </i> ) ( ὀδύνας , <i> ''''' odúnas ''''' </i> ): An unknown town probably in the [[Philistine]] plain, named by Micah ( Micah 1:12 ). </p>
<p> A town in the W. of Judah ("bitternesses"). [[Maroth]] waited carefully for good ("is grieved for her gods," Gesenius), but "evil (answering to bitterness, which Maroth means) came." Micah (&nbsp;Micah 1:12) plays upon the meaning of Maroth. </p>
       
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73799" /> ==
<p> '''Ma'roth.''' ''(Bitterness).'' One of the towns of the western '''Shefelah''' , or lowland of Judah. &nbsp;Micah 1:12. </p>
       
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52749" /> ==
<p> <strong> MAROTH. </strong> An unknown town (&nbsp; Micah 1:12 only). There is a play upon the name, which means ‘bitternesses.’ </p>
       
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42106" /> ==
&nbsp;Micah 1:12&nbsp;Joshua 15:59
       
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67540" /> ==
<p> Town in the lowlands of Judah. &nbsp;Micah 1:12 . Not identified. </p>
       
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32506" /> ==
&nbsp;Micah 1:12
       
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_49664" /> ==
<p> (Heb. laeroth', '''''מָרוֹת''''' '', Bitter'' fountains; Sept. '''''Ὀδύναι''''' , Vulg. ''A Emaritudines),'' a place apparently not far from Jerusalem, on the route of the invading [[Assyrian]] army from [[Lachish]] (&nbsp;Micah 1:12; see Henderson, ''Comment.'' ad loc.). Schwarz ''(Palest.'' p. 107) conjectures it was identical with [[Maarath]] (&nbsp;Joshua 15:59); but this name is very different in the Hebrew. </p>
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6121" /> ==
<p> ''''' mā´roth ''''' , ''''' mā´rōth ''''' ( מרות , <i> ''''' mārōth ''''' </i> ; ( κατοικοῦσα , <i> ''''' katoikoúsa ''''' </i> ) ( ὀδύνας , <i> ''''' odúnas ''''' </i> ): An unknown town probably in the [[Philistine]] plain, named by Micah (&nbsp; Micah 1:12 ). </p>
       
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==References ==
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<ref name="term_36488"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/maroth Maroth from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_73799"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/maroth Maroth from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_52749"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/maroth Maroth from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_42106"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/maroth Maroth from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_67540"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/maroth Maroth from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_32506"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/maroth Maroth from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_49664"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/maroth Maroth from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_6121"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/maroth Maroth from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_6121"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/maroth Maroth from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
</references>
</references>

Latest revision as of 07:05, 15 October 2021

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]

A town in the W. of Judah ("bitternesses"). Maroth waited carefully for good ("is grieved for her gods," Gesenius), but "evil (answering to bitterness, which Maroth means) came." Micah ( Micah 1:12) plays upon the meaning of Maroth.

Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]

Ma'roth. (Bitterness). One of the towns of the western Shefelah , or lowland of Judah.  Micah 1:12.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]

MAROTH. An unknown town (  Micah 1:12 only). There is a play upon the name, which means ‘bitternesses.’

Holman Bible Dictionary [4]

 Micah 1:12 Joshua 15:59

Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]

Town in the lowlands of Judah.  Micah 1:12 . Not identified.

Easton's Bible Dictionary [6]

 Micah 1:12

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]

(Heb. laeroth', מָרוֹת , Bitter fountains; Sept. Ὀδύναι , Vulg. A Emaritudines), a place apparently not far from Jerusalem, on the route of the invading Assyrian army from Lachish ( Micah 1:12; see Henderson, Comment. ad loc.). Schwarz (Palest. p. 107) conjectures it was identical with Maarath ( Joshua 15:59); but this name is very different in the Hebrew.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]

mā´roth , mā´rōth ( מרות , mārōth  ; ( κατοικοῦσα , katoikoúsa ) ( ὀδύνας , odúnas ): An unknown town probably in the Philistine plain, named by Micah (  Micah 1:12 ).

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