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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_39275" /> ==
<p> (properly LESSRA, '''''Αἰσωρά''''' '','' Vulg. omits), a place fortified by the [[Jews]] on the approach of the [[Assyrian]] army under [[Holofernes]] (&nbsp;Judith 4:4). The name may be the representative of the [[Hebrew]] word [[Hazor]] or [[Zorah]] (Simonis, ''Onom. N.T.'' page 19). The [[Syriac]] reading ''(Bethchorn)'' suggests BETHI-HORON, which is not impossible. </p>
       
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Esora <ref name="term_39274" />
<ref name="term_39275"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/esora Esora from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<p> (&nbsp;Judith 4:4) is thought by Lieut. Conder (Tent Work in Palest. 2:336; comp. Quar. Statement of the "Pal. Explor. Fund," January 1881, page 52) to be the present "village Asireh, north of Shechem," meaning, doubtless, what is laid down on the Ordnance Map as Asiret el-Hatob, three miles north of Nablus, but not noticed in the Memoirs accompanying the Survey. </p>
       
 
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<ref name="term_39274"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/esora+(2) Esora from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 09:23, 15 October 2021

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]

(properly LESSRA, Αἰσωρά , Vulg. omits), a place fortified by the Jews on the approach of the Assyrian army under Holofernes ( Judith 4:4). The name may be the representative of the Hebrew word Hazor or Zorah (Simonis, Onom. N.T. page 19). The Syriac reading (Bethchorn) suggests BETHI-HORON, which is not impossible.

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