Maaleh-Acrabbim

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Numbers 34:4Joshua 15:3Akrabbim

Holman Bible Dictionary

(NAS, NRSV, REB) or pass (NIV) of Akrabbim (Joshua 15:3 ). See Akrabbim .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

MAALEH-ACRABBIM. Joshua 15:3 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] (‘ascent of Akrabhim,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] ). See Akrabbim.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mā´a - la - a - krab´im , mā́ - al´a -. See Akrabbim .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Maaleh'-Akrabbim', מִעֲלֵה עִקְרִבַּים, the ascent of the scorpions, i.q. scorpion-hill; in Numbers 34:4, Septuag. (ἀνάβασις Ἀκραβείν, Auth. Vers. "the ascent of Akrabbim;" in Joshua 15:3, προσανάβασις Ἀκραβίν; in Judges 1:36, ἀνάβασις Ἀκραβίν, "the going up to Akrabbimn;" Vulg. everywhere ascensus scorpionis), a pass on the south- eastern border of Palestine. (See Akrabbiai).