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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64680" /> ==
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64680" /> ==
<p> The margin of &nbsp;Micah 1:10 explains the name as 'house of dust,' so that there is a play upon the word 'dust:' 'in the house of dust roll thyself in the dust.' The [[Lxx]] read 'the house in derision.' It may refer to OPHRAHin &nbsp; Joshua 18:23; &nbsp;1 Samuel 13:17 , a city in the tribe of Benjamin. </p>
<p> The margin of &nbsp;Micah 1:10 explains the name as 'house of dust,' so that there is a play upon the word 'dust:' 'in the house of dust roll thyself in the dust.' The LXX read 'the house in derision.' It may refer to OPHRAHin &nbsp; Joshua 18:23; &nbsp;1 Samuel 13:17 , a city in the tribe of Benjamin. </p>
          
          
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34452" /> ==
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34452" /> ==
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71375" /> ==
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71375" /> ==
<p> '''Aph'rah.''' ''((house of) dust).'' [[A]] place mentioned in &nbsp;Micah 1:10. Its site is uncertain. </p>
<p> '''Aph'rah.''' ''((House Of) Dust).'' A place mentioned in &nbsp;Micah 1:10. Its site is uncertain. </p>
          
          
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38524" /> ==
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38524" /> ==
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20558" /> ==
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20558" /> ==
<p> (Heb., Aphrah', עִפְרָה ), another form of the name [[Ophrah]] (See [[Ophrah]]) (&nbsp;Micah 1:10). (See [[Beth-Leaphrah]]). </p>
<p> (Heb., Aphrah', עִפְרָה ), another form of the name OPHRAH (See Ophrah) (&nbsp;Micah 1:10). (See [[Beth-Leaphrah]]). </p>
          
          
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_763" /> ==
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_763" /> ==
<p> '''''af´ra''''' : the King James Version form for the Revised Version (British and American) Beth-Le- [['Aphrah]] (&nbsp;Micah 1:10 ). </p>
<p> '''''af´ra''''' : the King James Version form for the Revised Version (British and American) Beth-Le- 'APHRAH (&nbsp;Micah 1:10 ). </p>
          
          
==References ==
==References ==

Revision as of 09:38, 13 October 2021

Morrish Bible Dictionary [1]

The margin of  Micah 1:10 explains the name as 'house of dust,' so that there is a play upon the word 'dust:' 'in the house of dust roll thyself in the dust.' The LXX read 'the house in derision.' It may refer to OPHRAHin   Joshua 18:23;  1 Samuel 13:17 , a city in the tribe of Benjamin.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]

 Micah 1:10. ("dust", which the following words, "roll thyself in the dust," allude to). Identified by Winer with Ophrah of Benjamin ( Joshua 18:28); or, as Rabbi Tanchum, a town near Jerusalem. The prophet tells his countrymen not to declare their sorrow in hostile Gath, but in their own cities.

Smith's Bible Dictionary [3]

Aph'rah. ((House Of) Dust). A place mentioned in  Micah 1:10. Its site is uncertain.

Holman Bible Dictionary [4]

 Micah 1:10

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]

Aphrah . See Beth-le-Aphrah.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]

(Heb., Aphrah', עִפְרָה ), another form of the name OPHRAH (See Ophrah) ( Micah 1:10). (See Beth-Leaphrah).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]

af´ra : the King James Version form for the Revised Version (British and American) Beth-Le- 'APHRAH ( Micah 1:10 ).

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