Maroth
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
A town in the W. of Judah ("bitternesses"). Maroth waited carefully for good ("is grieved for her gods," Gesenius), but "evil (answering to bitterness, which Maroth means) came." Micah ( Micah 1:12) plays upon the meaning of Maroth.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Ma'roth. (Bitterness). One of the towns of the western Shefelah , or lowland of Judah. Micah 1:12.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]
MAROTH. An unknown town ( Micah 1:12 only). There is a play upon the name, which means ‘bitternesses.’
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Micah 1:12 Joshua 15:59
Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]
Town in the lowlands of Judah. Micah 1:12 . Not identified.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [6]
Micah 1:12
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
(Heb. laeroth', מָרוֹת , Bitter fountains; Sept. Ὀδύναι , Vulg. A Emaritudines), a place apparently not far from Jerusalem, on the route of the invading Assyrian army from Lachish ( Micah 1:12; see Henderson, Comment. ad loc.). Schwarz (Palest. p. 107) conjectures it was identical with Maarath ( Joshua 15:59); but this name is very different in the Hebrew.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]
mā´roth , mā´rōth ( מרות , mārōth ; ( κατοικοῦσα , katoikoúsa ) ( ὀδύνας , odúnas ): An unknown town probably in the Philistine plain, named by Micah ( Micah 1:12 ).
References
- ↑ Maroth from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Maroth from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Maroth from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Maroth from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Maroth from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Maroth from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Maroth from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Maroth from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
