Ithnan

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A town in the far S. of Judah, bordering on the desert (Joshua 15:23-24; 1 Samuel 15:4).

Holman Bible Dictionary

Joshua 15:23

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ITHNAN . A city in the Negeb of Judah ( Joshua 15:23 ); site uncertain.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

City in the extreme south of Judah. Joshua 15:23 . Not identified.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ith'nan. (given). One of the towns in the extreme south of Judah. Joshua 15:23 No trace of its existence has yet been discovered.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ith´nan ( יתנן , yithnān ): A town in the South of Judah mentioned along with Hazor and Ziph ( Joshua 15:23 ), apparently the "Ethnan" of Jerome ( Onom 118 13). Not identified.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yithnan', יַתְנָן , bestowed, otherwise distance; Sept. Ι᾿θνάν [but the Vat. MS. joins it to the preceding word, Ἀσοριωνάν, and the Alex. to the following, Ι᾿θναζίφ ],Vulg. Jethram), one of the cities in the south of Judah, mentioned between Hazor and Ziph (Joshua 15:23); perhaps lying along the southern edge of the highland district. It cannot well have been the Jedna of the Onomasticon (Ι᾿εδνά, the modern Idhna), for this is in the mountains west of Hebron (see Keil Comment. ad loc.). The enumeration in Joshua 15:32 requires us to join this with the following (there being no copula between), Ithnan-Ziph, i.e. Zephath (q.v.). (See Judah).