Maroth

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Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]

Micah 1:12

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]

A town in the W. of Judah ("bitternesses"). Maroth waited carefully for good ("is grieved for her gods," Gesenius), but "evil (answering to bitterness, which Maroth means) came." Micah (Micah 1:12) plays upon the meaning of Maroth.

Holman Bible Dictionary [3]

Micah 1:12Joshua 15:59

Hitchcock's Bible Names [4]

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]

MAROTH. An unknown town ( Micah 1:12 only). There is a play upon the name, which means ‘bitternesses.’

Morrish Bible Dictionary [6]

Town in the lowlands of Judah. Micah 1:12 . Not identified.

Smith's Bible Dictionary [7]

Ma'roth. (bitterness). One of the towns of the western Shefelah, or lowland of Judah. Micah 1:12.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]

mā´roth , mā´rōth ( מרות , mārōth  ; ( κατοικοῦσα , katoikoúsa ) ( ὀδύνας , odúnas ): An unknown town probably in the Philistine plain, named by Micah ( Micah 1:12 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [9]

(Heb. laeroth', מָרוֹת , bitter fountains; Sept. ὀδύναι, Vulg. a emaritudines), a place apparently not far from Jerusalem, on the route of the invading Assyrian army from Lachish (Micah 1:12; see Henderson, Comment. ad loc.). Schwarz (Palest. p. 107) conjectures it was identical with Maarath (Joshua 15:59); but this name is very different in the Hebrew.

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