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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34205" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34205" /> == | ||
<p> A city of Asher, whence the [[Canaanites]] were not driven out (Judges 1:31). More recently [[Gush]] Chaleb, or Giscala, whence came John, son of Levi, leader in the siege of Jerusalem; said to be the birthplace of Paul's parents. Now Eljish, near Safed, in the hills N.W. of the lake of Tiberias. </p> | <p> A city of Asher, whence the [[Canaanites]] were not driven out ( Judges 1:31). More recently [[Gush]] Chaleb, or Giscala, whence came John, son of Levi, leader in the siege of Jerusalem; said to be the birthplace of Paul's parents. Now Eljish, near Safed, in the hills N.W. of the lake of Tiberias. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49326" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49326" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Ahlab]] </strong> . A city of [[Asher]] ( Judges 1:31 ). The site has been Identified with the later <em> Gush Halab </em> or <em> Giscala </em> , now <em> el-Jîsh </em> in Upper Galilee; but this is, of course, uncertain. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71250" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71250" /> == | ||
<p> Ah'lab. ( | <p> '''Ah'lab.''' ''(Fertile).'' A city of Asher from which the Canaanites were not driven out. Judges 1:31. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64710" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64710" /> == | ||
<p> City in Canaan, the inhabitants of which Asher failed to drive out. Judges 1:31 . It has been identified with <i> el-Jish, </i> 33 2' N, 35 26' E. </p> | <p> City in Canaan, the inhabitants of which Asher failed to drive out. Judges 1:31 . It has been identified with <i> el-Jish, </i> 33 2' N, 35 26' E. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38332" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38332" /> == | ||
Judges 1:31 | Judges 1:31 | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30190" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30190" /> == | ||
Judges 1:31 | Judges 1:31 | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18234" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18234" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrew Achlab', אְְחלָב , | <p> (Hebrew Achlab', '''''אְְחלָב''''' '', Fatness,'' i e. ''Fertile;'' Sept. '''''Ἀχλάβ''''' v. r. '''''Δαλάφ''''' ), a town of Asher, apparently near [[Zidon]] and Achzib, the native inhabitants of which the [[Israelites]] were unable to expel ( Judges 1:31). Its lying thus within the unconquered Phoenician border may be the reason of its omission in the list of the [[Asherite]] cities ( Joshua 19:24-31). It is supposed (see Schwarz, ''Palest.'' p. 198) that Achlab reappears in later history as Gush-Chalab ( '''''גּוּשׁ''''' '''''חָלבְ''''' ) or ''Giscala'' (Reland, ''Palest.'' p. 813, 817), a place lately identified by Robinson under the abbreviated name of el-Jish, near Safed, in the hilly country to the northwest of the sea of [[Galilee]] (Researches, new ed. 2:446; 3, 73). This place was in rabbinical times famous for its oil, and the old olive-trees still remain in the neighborhood (Reland and Robinson, ib.). From it came the famous John, son of Levi, the leader in the siege of [[Jerusalem]] (Joseph. Life, 10; War, 2, 21, 1), and it had a legendary celebrity as the birth-place of the parents of no less a person than the [[Apostle]] Paul (Jerome, Comment. ad Ep. ad Philem.). But this cannot be the Ahlab of Asher. (See [[Gischala]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_478" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_478" /> == | ||
<p> '''''a´lab''''' ( אחלב , <i> ''''''aḥlābh''''' </i> , "fat or fruitful"): A town of Asher. It is clear, however, that the Israelites failed to drive away the original inhabitants (Judges 1:31 ). Some have identified Ahlab with <i> '''''Gush Halab''''' </i> or Geschila, Northwest of the Sea of Galilee. </p> | <p> ''''' a´lab ''''' ( אחלב , <i> ''''' 'aḥlābh ''''' </i> , "fat or fruitful"): A town of Asher. It is clear, however, that the Israelites failed to drive away the original inhabitants ( Judges 1:31 ). Some have identified Ahlab with <i> ''''' Gush Halab ''''' </i> or Geschila, Northwest of the Sea of Galilee. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:21, 16 October 2021
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
A city of Asher, whence the Canaanites were not driven out ( Judges 1:31). More recently Gush Chaleb, or Giscala, whence came John, son of Levi, leader in the siege of Jerusalem; said to be the birthplace of Paul's parents. Now Eljish, near Safed, in the hills N.W. of the lake of Tiberias.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Ahlab . A city of Asher ( Judges 1:31 ). The site has been Identified with the later Gush Halab or Giscala , now el-Jîsh in Upper Galilee; but this is, of course, uncertain.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [3]
Ah'lab. (Fertile). A city of Asher from which the Canaanites were not driven out. Judges 1:31.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
City in Canaan, the inhabitants of which Asher failed to drive out. Judges 1:31 . It has been identified with el-Jish, 33 2' N, 35 26' E.
Holman Bible Dictionary [5]
Judges 1:31
Easton's Bible Dictionary [6]
Judges 1:31
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
(Hebrew Achlab', אְְחלָב , Fatness, i e. Fertile; Sept. Ἀχλάβ v. r. Δαλάφ ), a town of Asher, apparently near Zidon and Achzib, the native inhabitants of which the Israelites were unable to expel ( Judges 1:31). Its lying thus within the unconquered Phoenician border may be the reason of its omission in the list of the Asherite cities ( Joshua 19:24-31). It is supposed (see Schwarz, Palest. p. 198) that Achlab reappears in later history as Gush-Chalab ( גּוּשׁ חָלבְ ) or Giscala (Reland, Palest. p. 813, 817), a place lately identified by Robinson under the abbreviated name of el-Jish, near Safed, in the hilly country to the northwest of the sea of Galilee (Researches, new ed. 2:446; 3, 73). This place was in rabbinical times famous for its oil, and the old olive-trees still remain in the neighborhood (Reland and Robinson, ib.). From it came the famous John, son of Levi, the leader in the siege of Jerusalem (Joseph. Life, 10; War, 2, 21, 1), and it had a legendary celebrity as the birth-place of the parents of no less a person than the Apostle Paul (Jerome, Comment. ad Ep. ad Philem.). But this cannot be the Ahlab of Asher. (See Gischala).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]
a´lab ( אחלב , 'aḥlābh , "fat or fruitful"): A town of Asher. It is clear, however, that the Israelites failed to drive away the original inhabitants ( Judges 1:31 ). Some have identified Ahlab with Gush Halab or Geschila, Northwest of the Sea of Galilee.
References
- ↑ Ahlab from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahlab from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Ahlab from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahlab from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahlab from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahlab from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ahlab from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Ahlab from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
