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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49071" /> ==
 
<p> <strong> [[Alema]] </strong> ( 1Ma 5:26 ). A city in Gilead; site unknown. </p>
Alema <ref name="term_711" />
       
<p> ''''' al´ē̇ ''''' - ''''' ma ''''' ( Ἀλέμοις , <i> ''''' Alémoı̄s ''''' </i> ): A town in Gilead, mentioned once only (1 Macc 5:26), besieged by the nations under Timotheus, together with [[Bosor]] and other cities; and probably relieved along with these cities by [[Judas]] Maccabeus, although no mention is made of Alema's relief. The name occurs the one time as dative plural. </p>
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18544" /> ==
 
<p> (only in the dat. plur. '''''Ἐν''''' '''''Ἀλέμοις''''' ''),'' one of the fortified cities in [[Gilead]] beyond the Jordan, occupied in the time of [[Judas]] Maccabeus, to the oppression of the Jews, by the Gentiles, in connection with certain neighboring towns (&nbsp;1 [[Maccabees]] 5:26). Grimm ''(Handb. Zu D. Maccabees'' in loc.) thinks it is probably the BEER-ELIM (See [[Beer-Elim]]) (q.v.) of &nbsp;Isaiah 15:8 ((See [[Beer]]) simply in &nbsp;Numbers 21:16), an identification favored by the associated names (Bozrah and Carnaim). </p>
== References ==
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_711" /> ==
<p> ''''' al´ē̇ ''''' - ''''' ma ''''' ( Ἀλέμοις , <i> ''''' Alémoı̄s ''''' </i> ): A town in Gilead, mentioned once only (1 Macc 5:26), besieged by the nations under Timotheus, together with [[Bosor]] and other cities; and probably relieved along with these cities by Judas Maccabeus, although no mention is made of Alema's relief. The name occurs the one time as dative plural. </p>
       
==References ==
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<ref name="term_49071"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/alema Alema from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_18544"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/alema Alema from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_711"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/alema Alema from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_711"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/alema Alema from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Alema [1]

al´ē̇ - ma ( Ἀλέμοις , Alémoı̄s ): A town in Gilead, mentioned once only (1 Macc 5:26), besieged by the nations under Timotheus, together with Bosor and other cities; and probably relieved along with these cities by Judas Maccabeus, although no mention is made of Alema's relief. The name occurs the one time as dative plural.

References

  1. ↑ Alema from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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