Ithnan

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Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]

Ith'nan. (Given). One of the towns in the extreme south of Judah.  Joshua 15:23 No trace of its existence has yet been discovered.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]

A town in the far S. of Judah, bordering on the desert ( Joshua 15:23-24;  1 Samuel 15:4).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]

Ithnan . A city in the Negeb of Judah (  Joshua 15:23 ); site uncertain.

Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]

City in the extreme south of Judah.  Joshua 15:23 . Not identified.

Holman Bible Dictionary [5]

 Joshua 15:23

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]

(Heb. Yithnan', יַתְנָן , Bestowed, otherwise Distance; Sept. Ι᾿Θνάν [but the Vat. MS. joins it to the preceding word, Ἀσοριωνάν , and the Alex. to the following, Ι᾿Θναζίφ ],Vulg. Jethram), one of the cities in the south of Judah, mentioned between Hazor and Ziph ( Joshua 15:23); perhaps lying along the southern edge of the highland district. It cannot well have been the Jedna of the Onomasticon ( Ι᾿Εδνά , the modern Idhna), for this is in the mountains west of Hebron (see Keil Comment. ad loc.). The enumeration in  Joshua 15:32 requires us to join this with the following (there being no copula between), Ithnan-Ziph, i.e. Zephath (q.v.). (See Judah).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]

ith´nan ( יתנן , yithnān ): A town in the South of Judah mentioned along with Hazor and Ziph (  Joshua 15:23 ), apparently the "Ethnan" of Jerome ( Onom 118 13). Not identified.

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