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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72708" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72708" /> == | ||
<p> '''Haphra'im.''' ''( | <p> '''Haphra'im.''' ''(Two Pits).'' A city of Issachar, mentioned next to Shunem. Joshua 19:19. About 6 miles northeast of ''Lejjun'' , and two miles west of Solam, (the ancient Shunem), stands the village of ''El' Afuleh'' , which may possibly be the representative of Haphraim. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66454" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66454" /> == | ||
<p> City of Issachar. Joshua 19:19 . Identified by some with ruins at <i> el Farriyeh, </i> 32 38' | <p> City of Issachar. Joshua 19:19 . Identified by some with ruins at <i> el Farriyeh, </i> 32 38' N, </p> <p> 35 6' E. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35597" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35597" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A city of [[Issachar]] ( Joshua 19:19), or "the two pits." Probably now ''El-Afuleh'' . </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40749" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40749" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43022" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43022" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrew Chaphara'yim, חֲפָרִיַם, '' | <p> (Hebrew Chaphara'yim, '''''חֲפָרִיַם''''' , ''Two Pits;'' Sept. '''''Ἀφεραϊ''''' v '''''Μ''''' , ''Vulg. Hapharaim),'' a place near the border of Issachar, mentioned between [[Shunem]] and [[Shihon]] ( Joshua 19:19). [[Eusebius]] ''(Ononast.'' s.v. '''''Αἰφαρααίμ''''' ,) appears to place it six Roman miles north of Leggio; the [[Apocrypha]] also possibly speaks of the same place as [[Aphaerema]] ( '''''Ἀφαίρεμα''''' , 1 [[Maccabees]] 11:34; com-pare 10:30, 38). Schwarz ''(Palestine,'' p. 166) was unable to find it. Kiepert ( Wandkarte von Palastina, 1857) locates it near the river Kishon, apparently at Tell eth Thorah (Robinson's Researches, new ed. 3:115). Dr. Thomson (Land and Book, 1, 502) imagines it may be the modern Shefa Amer (the Shefa [[Omar]] of Robinson, Researches, new ed. 3 103, "on a ridge overlooking the plain" of Megiddo), which, he says, "in old Arabic authors is written Shephram." (See Issachar). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:40, 15 October 2021
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Haphra'im. (Two Pits). A city of Issachar, mentioned next to Shunem. Joshua 19:19. About 6 miles northeast of Lejjun , and two miles west of Solam, (the ancient Shunem), stands the village of El' Afuleh , which may possibly be the representative of Haphraim.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
City of Issachar. Joshua 19:19 . Identified by some with ruins at el Farriyeh, 32 38' N,
35 6' E.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [3]
A city of Issachar ( Joshua 19:19), or "the two pits." Probably now El-Afuleh .
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Joshua 19:19
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(Hebrew Chaphara'yim, חֲפָרִיַם , Two Pits; Sept. Ἀφεραϊ v Μ , Vulg. Hapharaim), a place near the border of Issachar, mentioned between Shunem and Shihon ( Joshua 19:19). Eusebius (Ononast. s.v. Αἰφαρααίμ ,) appears to place it six Roman miles north of Leggio; the Apocrypha also possibly speaks of the same place as Aphaerema ( Ἀφαίρεμα , 1 Maccabees 11:34; com-pare 10:30, 38). Schwarz (Palestine, p. 166) was unable to find it. Kiepert ( Wandkarte von Palastina, 1857) locates it near the river Kishon, apparently at Tell eth Thorah (Robinson's Researches, new ed. 3:115). Dr. Thomson (Land and Book, 1, 502) imagines it may be the modern Shefa Amer (the Shefa Omar of Robinson, Researches, new ed. 3 103, "on a ridge overlooking the plain" of Megiddo), which, he says, "in old Arabic authors is written Shephram." (See Issachar).
