Aphrah
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
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.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Micah 1:10
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]
APHRAH . See Beth-le-Aphrah.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [5]
Aph'rah. ((house of) dust). A place mentioned in Micah 1:10 . Its site is uncertain.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
af´ra : the King James Version form for the Revised Version (British and American) Beth-Le- 'APHRAH ( Micah 1:10 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
(Heb., Aphrah', עִפְרָה ), another form of the name OPHRAH (See Ophrah) ( Micah 1:10 ). (See Beth-Leaphrah).
References
- ↑ Aphrah from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Aphrah from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Aphrah from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Aphrah from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Aphrah from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Aphrah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Aphrah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
