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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74865" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74865" /> == | ||
<p> '''Shi'cron.''' ''(Drunkenness).'' One of the landmarks, at the western end of the north boundary of Judah. In Joshua 15:11 only. It lay between [[Ekron]] (''Akir'' ) and [[Jabneel]] (''Yebna'' ). </p> | <p> '''Shi'cron.''' ''(Drunkenness).'' One of the landmarks, at the western end of the north boundary of Judah. In Joshua 15:11 only. It lay between [[Ekron]] ( ''Akir'' ) and [[Jabneel]] ( ''Yebna'' ). </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37330" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37330" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60637" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60637" /> == | ||
<p> [some Shic'ron] (Heb. Shikron', ]שַׁכְרוֹ '', Drunkenness'' [as in Ezekiel 23:33; Ezekiel 39:19; but Furst says fruitfulness]; Sept. Σοκχώθ v.r.Ἀκκαρωνά [imitating the ה directive]), a town near the western end of the northern boundary of Judah, between Ekron and Mt. [[Baalah]] towards Jabneel ( Joshua 15:11). It seems to have been in Dan, as it is not enumerated among the cities of Judah ( Joshua 15:21-63). The [[Targum]] gives it as ''Shikaron'' , and with this agrees [[Eusebius]] (''Onomast.'' s.v. Σαχωράν )'','' though no knowledge of the locality of the place is to be gained from his notice. Neither Schwarz (''Palest.'' p. 98) nor [[Porter]] (''Handb. For Pal.'' p. 275) has discovered any trace of it. It is, perhaps, the present ruined village ''Beit Shit,'' about halfway between Ekron and Ashdod. </p> | <p> [some Shic'ron] (Heb. Shikron', ] '''''שַׁכְרוֹ''''' '', Drunkenness'' [as in Ezekiel 23:33; Ezekiel 39:19; but Furst says fruitfulness]; Sept. '''''Σοκχώθ''''' v.r. '''''Ἀκκαρωνά''''' [imitating the '''''ה''''' directive]), a town near the western end of the northern boundary of Judah, between Ekron and Mt. [[Baalah]] towards Jabneel ( Joshua 15:11). It seems to have been in Dan, as it is not enumerated among the cities of Judah ( Joshua 15:21-63). The [[Targum]] gives it as ''Shikaron'' , and with this agrees [[Eusebius]] ( ''Onomast.'' s.v. '''''Σαχωράν''''' ) '','' though no knowledge of the locality of the place is to be gained from his notice. Neither Schwarz ( ''Palest.'' p. 98) nor [[Porter]] ( ''Handb. For Pal.'' p. 275) has discovered any trace of it. It is, perhaps, the present ruined village ''Beit Shit,'' about halfway between Ekron and Ashdod. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:06, 15 October 2021
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Shi'cron. (Drunkenness). One of the landmarks, at the western end of the north boundary of Judah. In Joshua 15:11 only. It lay between Ekron ( Akir ) and Jabneel ( Yebna ).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]
A landmark at the W. end of the northern boundary of Judah ( Joshua 15:11); between Ekron and Jabneel.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
Boundary in the north-west of Judah. Joshua 15:11 . Not identified.
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Joshua 15:11
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
[some Shic'ron] (Heb. Shikron', ] שַׁכְרוֹ , Drunkenness [as in Ezekiel 23:33; Ezekiel 39:19; but Furst says fruitfulness]; Sept. Σοκχώθ v.r. Ἀκκαρωνά [imitating the ה directive]), a town near the western end of the northern boundary of Judah, between Ekron and Mt. Baalah towards Jabneel ( Joshua 15:11). It seems to have been in Dan, as it is not enumerated among the cities of Judah ( Joshua 15:21-63). The Targum gives it as Shikaron , and with this agrees Eusebius ( Onomast. s.v. Σαχωράν ) , though no knowledge of the locality of the place is to be gained from his notice. Neither Schwarz ( Palest. p. 98) nor Porter ( Handb. For Pal. p. 275) has discovered any trace of it. It is, perhaps, the present ruined village Beit Shit, about halfway between Ekron and Ashdod.
