Hammoth-Dor
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Hammoth-Dor . A Levitical city in Naphtali ( Joshua 21:32 ), probably identical with Hammath (wh. see).
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Joshua 21:32
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Hammath
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
ham - oth - dôr ´ ( חמּת דּאר , ḥammōth dō'r ; Ἐμαθδώρ , Emathdō̇r , as also several corrupt forms): A fenced, Levitical city of Naphtali ( Joshua 19:35; Joshua 21:32 ); also named Hammen ( 1 Chronicles 6:61 Hebrew). Probably the hammatu of the Karnak lists, and the hamatam of WAI , II, 53; certainly the Emmaus of Josephus, Ant , Xviii , ii, 3; BJ , IV, i, 3; Hamata of ‛Erūbhı̄n Psalm 74:5; Meghillāh 2 b , and the modern el - Hammām , 1 1/2 miles South of Tiberias. The name signifies "hot springs," and these, 4 in number, still exist. They have a temperature of 144 degree F., are salt and bitter in taste and sulfurous in smell. Considered invaluable for rheumatism, they are crowded in June and July. This health-giving reputation is of ancient date. It is mentioned in Josephus, BJ , IV, i, 3; and a coin of Tiberias of the reign of Trajan depicts Hygeia sitting on a rock beside the springs, feeding the serpent of Aesculapius. Being used for pleasure also, they were permitted to the Jew on the Sabbath, whereas had they been used only medicinally, they would have been forbidden (Babylonian Talmud, Shab 109 a ; compare Matthew 12:10 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(Heb. Chammoth'-Dor, חִמֹּת דּאֹר prob. for חִמִּתאּדּוֹר , Hammath Of Dor, but the reason of the latter part of the name is not clear; Sept. Ἀμαθδώρ , Vulg. Hamoth Dor), a Levitical and refuge city of Naphtali ( Joshua 21:32); probably the same elsewhere called simply HAIMMATH ( Joshua 19:35).
