Nezib

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ne'zib. (garrison, pillar). A city of Judah, in  Joshua 15:43 only, in the district of the Shefelah , or lowland, one of the same group with Keilah and Mareshah. To Eusebius and Jerome, it was evidently known. They place it on the road between Eleutheropolis and Hebron, seven or nine miles from the former, and there it still stands under the almost identical name of Beit Nusib or Chirbeh Nasib .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("garrison".) A city in the shephelah or "lower hills" of Judah ( Joshua 15:43). Between Eleutheropolis and Hebron. Now Beit Nusib or Chirbeh Nasib , on an elevation at the S. of wady es Sur , in the region of the hills between the mountains and the plain. The accuracy of Scripture in its geographical hints is remarkable.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Nezib. A town in the Shephçlah of Judah (  Joshua 15:43 ); the present Beit Nusib , 7 Roman miles from Eleutheropolis on the road to Hebron.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

A city or village spoken of  Joshua 15:43. Strength, from Netzib.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

City in Judah.  Joshua 15:43 . Identified with ruins at Beit Nusib , 31 36' N, 34 59' E .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 15:43

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 15:43

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Netsib', נְצַיב, fixed, or a garrison [as in  1 Samuel 10:5;  1 Samuel 13:3-4; 1 Samuel 1 Clhron. 11:6]; Sept. Νασίβ, v. r. Νεσείβ ), a city in the Shephelah or maritime plain of Judah; mentioned between Ashnah and Keilah ( Joshua 15:43), in the group in the south-western part of the hilly region (Keil, Comment. ad loc.). Eusebius and Jerome give it the same name (Νασίβ, Nazib ), and place it at the ninth (Jerome, seventh) mile from Eleutheropolis towards Hebron (Onomast. s.v. Neesib). It is doubtless the present Beit- Nusib, situated on a rising ground, at the edge of the plain and mountain tract, two and a half hours from Beit-Jebrin towards Hebron (Robinson, Bib. Res. 2:343 sq., 404; 3:12; Schwarz, Palest. p. 104). It has ruins of considerable extent, especially a massive tower sixty feet square, with the foundations of another great fabric, and broken columns and large building-stones (Porter, Hand-book, p. 280). Tobler, however, describes it as "an insignificant cupola with a few ruins" (Dritte Wanderung, p. 150).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

nē´zib ( נציב , necı̄bh  ; Codex Vaticanus Νασείβ , Naseı́b  ; Codex Alexandrinus Νεσίβ , Nesı́b ): A town in the Judean Shephelah, mentioned along with Keilah and Mareshah (  Joshua 15:43 ). Eusebius, Onomasticon , places it 7 miles from Eleutheropolis ( Beit Jibrı̄n ), on the road to Hebron. It is represented today by Beit Nasib , a village with ancient remains some 2 miles Southwest of Khirbet Kila (Keilah).