Nibshan

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Nib'shan. (Soft Soil). One of the six cities of Judah,  Joshua 15:62, which were in the district of the Midbar. (Authorized Version, "wilderness").

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

A city of Judah, ( Joshua 15:62) If from Shanah, it means to change.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Nibshan A city in the desert of Judah (  Joshua 15:62 ). The name has not been recovered.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

One of the six cities of Judah in the Midbar , "wilderness," the low district adjoining the Dead Sea.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

City in the wilderness of Judah.  Joshua 15:62 . Not identified.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 15:62

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

nib´shan ( הכּבשׁן , ha - nibhshān  ; Codex Vaticanus Ναφλαζών , Naphlazṓn  ; Codex Alexandrinus Νεβσάν , Nebsán ): A city in the Judean wilderness named between Secacah and the City of Salt (  Joshua 15:62 ). Eusebius, Onomasticon , knows the place but gives no clue to its identification. The site has not been recovered. Wellhausen suggests the emendation of nibhshān to kibhshān , "furnace" ( Proleg . 2 , 344).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Nibshan', נַבְשָׁן [but with the def. article], Light Soil [Gesen.l Or Fortress [Furst]; Sept. Νεβσάν v.r. Ναφλαζών ), a city in the wilderness of Judah, mentioned between Secacah and the "City of Salt" ( Joshua 15:62). It is barely mentioned by Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. Nephram). It is possibly the ruined site marked on Van de Velde's Mlap as Kasi el-Zeiman on Wady Hasaseh, which runs up from the Dead Sea not far N. of Ain-Jidy.