Horem

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ho'rem. (Sacred). One of the fortified places, in the territory of Naphtali; named with Iron and Migdalel.  Joshua 19:38. Van Deuteronomy Velde suggests Hurah, as the site of Horem.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Horem . A city of Naphtali in the mountains (  Joshua 19:38 ); prob. the modern Hûrah west of Kedeshnaphtali.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Fenced city in Naphtali.  Joshua 19:38 . Identified with ruins at Harah, 33 10' N, 35 26' E .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A fortified place of Naphtali. Now Hurah, near Yarun, the ancient Iron.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 19:38

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 19:38

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Chorem', חַרֵם Consecrated [Butfor-Tress according to Furst]; Sept. ᾿Ωράμ [but most texts blend with preceding name into Μεγαλααρίμ , , or Μαγδαλιηωράμ ], Vulg. Horemn), one of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali, mentioned between Migdal-el and BethAnath ( Joshua 19:38). Schwarz (Palest. p. 184) confounds it with the place preceding, and seeks to identify both in the modern village Medj El-Kerum, eight miles east of Akka; but this does not lie within the ancient limits of Naphtali (Keil, ad loc.). Van de Velde (1, 178, 9; Memoir, p. 322) suggests Hurah as the site of Horem. It is an ancient site, in the center of the country, half way between the Ras en- Nakhura and the lake Merom, on a tell at the southern end of the wady el- Ain, one of the natural features of the country. It is also in favor of this identification that Hurah is near Yarun, probably the representative of the ancient IRON, named with Horem. (Compare Seetzen, Reisen durch Syren, Berlin, 1854-9, 2, 130.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hō´rem ( חרם , ḥŏrēm , "consecrated"): One of the fenced cities in the territory of Naphtali (  Joshua 19:38 ), named with Iron and Migdal-el. It may possibly be identified with the modern Ḥūrah , which lies on a mound at the South end of Wādy el - ‛Ain , to the West of Ḳedes .