Eltolad

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Eltolad (  Joshua 15:30 ). A town in the extreme S. of Judah, given to Simeon (  Joshua 19:4 ): probably = Tolad (  1 Chronicles 4:29 ). The site is unknown.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

City in the south of Judah, given to Simeon.  Joshua 15:30;  Joshua 19:4 . Called TOLAD in  1 Chronicles 4:29 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A city in S. Judah allotted to Simeon ( Joshua 15:30;  Joshua 19:4;  1 Chronicles 4:29 TOLAD).

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 15:30 Joshua 19:4 1 Chronicles 4:29

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

[many Et'tolad] (Hebrews Eltolad', אֶלְתּוֹלִד , perhaps meaning God is its Race or posterity; but, according to Furst [Hebr. Handw. s.v.], whose God is Mylitta, the Phoenician deity, (See Moladah); Sept. Ε᾿Λθωδάδ and Ε᾿Λθωλάθ v.r. Ε᾿Ρβωυδάδ and Ε᾿Ρθουλά ; Vulg. Eltholad), a city in the south of Judah, mentioned between Azem and Chesil ( Joshua 15:29), but afterwards assigned to Simeon, and mentioned between Azem and Bethul ( Joshua 19:4). It remained in possession of the latter tribe in the time of David ( 1 Chronicles 4:29, where it is called simply TOLAD). It is possibly the ruined site Tell-Melaha, observed by Van de Velde (Memoir, page 113) along the N. branch of wady Sheriah, which empties into the Mediterranean a little S. of Gaza.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

el - tō´lad ( אלתּולד , 'eltōladh , "kindred of God"): A city of Judah in the Negeb near Edom ( Joshua 15:30 ); in  Joshua 19:4 ascribed to Simeon. Probably the same as Tolad (  1 Chronicles 4:29 ), the Arabic article "el" being omitted. Site unknown.