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Dor <ref name="term_15513" /> | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15935" /> == | ||
<p> Dor, a town on the border of the Mediterranean, which [[Jerome]] places nine [[Roman]] miles north of Caesarea. It was one of the royal towns of the [[Canaanites]] , and was included in the heritage of [[Manasseh]] . The place, or rather the region to which it gave name, occurs again in . A place still exists, at the distance indicated by Jerome, under the name of Tortura, which Buckingham describes as a small village with about forty or fifty houses and five hundred inhabitants. It has a small port, formed by a narrow range of rocky islets, at a short distance from the sandy beach. </p> < | <p> A royal city of the Canaanites, on the [[Mediterranean]] between [[Caesarea]] and mount Carmel; after the conquest it was assigned to Manasseh, Joshua 11:2; 12:23; 17:11; 1 Kings 4:11; 1 Chronicles 7:29 . There is now a small port there, with about 500 inhabitants. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31181" /> == | |||
Joshua 11:1,212:23Judges 1:271 Kings 4:11 | |||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35088" /> == | |||
<p> ("habitation".) An ancient, royal, [[Canaanite]] city, on the Mediterranean, S. of Carmel; assigned to Manasseh, though within [[Asher]] (Joshua 11:2; Joshua 12:23; Joshua 17:11); Joshua 17:9 miles N. of [[Caesarea]] toward Ptolemais; now Tantura. The coast line runs parallel to a spur of [[Carmel]] at a mile and a half distance; the intervening "region" is the "border" or "coast" of Dor. The original inhabitants were not expelled, but [[David]] made them tributary, and [[Solomon]] stationed one of his commissariat officers there (1 Kings 4:11; Judges 1:27-28). </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39631" /> == | |||
Joshua 11:2Joshua 12:23 <i> Naphoth [[Dor]] </i> Joshua 17:11Joshua 17:12Judges 1:271 Kings 4:11 | |||
== Hitchcock's Bible Names <ref name="term_45455" /> == | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50696" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> DOR </strong> . One of the cities which joined [[Jabin]] against Joshua ( Joshua 11:2 ), and whose king was killed ( Joshua 12:23 ). It lay apparently on or near the border between [[Manasseh]] and Asher, so that its possession was ambiguous ( Joshua 17:11 ). The aborigines were not driven out ( Judges 1:27 ). It was administered by Ben-abinadab for [[Solomon]] ( 1 Kings 4:11 ). [[Though]] [[Josephus]] refers to it as on the sea-coast, and it is traditionally equated to <em> Tantura </em> , north of Cæsarea, the reference to the ‘heights of Dor’ rather suggests that it was in some hilly district such as the slope of the range of Carmel. The name seems quite forgotten. </p> <p> R. A. S. Macalister. </p> | |||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59571" /> == | |||
<p> DOR, DORR, n. The name of the black-beetle, or the hedgechafer, a species of Scarabaeus. We usually say, the dor-beetle. </p> | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65787" /> == | |||
<p> [[Ancient]] royal city of Canaan, on the most southern border of the coast of Phoenicia. Its king was slain, but [[Manasseh]] could not drive out its inhabitants. It was tributary to [[David]] and Solomon. Joshua 11:2; Joshua 12:23; Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27; 1 Kings 4:11; 1 Chronicles 7:29 . [[Identified]] with <i> Tantura </i> , 32 37' N, 34 55' [[E]] . </p> | |||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69967" /> == | |||
<p> [[Dor]] (dôr), dwelling. A royal city of the Canaanites, Joshua 11:2; Joshua 12:23, within the territory of Asher, but allotted to Manasseh, Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27; 1 Chronicles 7:29, and it was one of Solomon's provision-districts, 1 Kings 4:11; now Tantûra, eight miles north of Cæsarea, where there are considerable ruins. </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72230" /> == | |||
<p> Dor. (dwelling). Joshua 17:11; 1 Kings 4:11. An ancient royal city of the Canaanites, Joshua 12:23, whose ruler was an ally of Jabin, king of Hazor, against Joshua. Joshua 11:1-2. It appears to have been within the territory of the tribe of Asher, though allotted to Manasseh, Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27, [[Solomon]] stationed at Dor, one of his twelve purveyors. 1 Kings 4:11. [[Jerome]] places it on the coast, "in the ninth mile from Caesarea, on the way to Ptolemais." Just at the point indicated is the small village of Tantura, probably an [[Arab]] corruption of Dora, consisting of about thirty houses, wholly constructed of ancient materials. </p> | |||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_113149" /> == | |||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) A large [[European]] scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied [[American]] species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) A trick, joke, or deception. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (v. t.) To make a fool of; to deceive. </p> | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15513" /> == | |||
<p> Dor, a town on the border of the Mediterranean, which [[Jerome]] places nine [[Roman]] miles north of Caesarea. It was one of the royal towns of the [[Canaanites]] , and was included in the heritage of [[Manasseh]] . The place, or rather the region to which it gave name, occurs again in . A place still exists, at the distance indicated by Jerome, under the name of Tortura, which Buckingham describes as a small village with about forty or fifty houses and five hundred inhabitants. It has a small port, formed by a narrow range of rocky islets, at a short distance from the sandy beach. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38049" /> == | |||
<p> (Hebrews id., דּוֹר, a dwelling, but דּאֹר in Joshua 17:11; 1 Kings 4:11; Sept. Δώρ, but joins with preceding word נָפִת or נְפוֹתּ, in Joshua 11:2 Νεφεδδώρ, in Joshua 12:22 [second clause] Ναφαδδώρ, in 1 Kings 4:11 Νεφθαδώρ; Vulg. Dor; the Dora, τύ Δῶρα, of the [[Apocrypha]] and Josephus, who, as well as [[Greek]] writers, also calls it Dorus, Δοῦρα ), an ancient royal city of the [[Canaanites]] (Joshua 12:23), whose ruler was an ally of Jabin, king of Hazor, against Joshua (Joshua 11:1-2). It was probably the most southern settlement of the Phoenicians (Scylax, page 42, ascribes it to the Sidonians) on the coast of [[Syria]] (Joseph. Life, p. 8; Ant. 15:9, 6). [[Josephus]] describes it as a maritime city (War, 1:21, 5) on the west border of [[Manasseh]] and the north border of [[Dan]] (Ant. 5:1, 22; 8:2, 3; War, 1:7, 7), near Mount [[Carmel]] (Revelation 2:10). One old author tells us that it was founded by Dorus, a son of Neptune, while another affirms that it was built by the Phoenicians, because the neighboring rocky shore abounded in the small shell-fish from which they. got the purple dye (Reland, Palest. page 739). It appears to have been within the territory of the tribe of Asher, though allotted to Manasseh (Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27). The original inhabitants were never expelled, but during the prosperous reigns of [[David]] and [[Solomon]] they were made tributary (Judges 1:27-28), and the latter monarch stationed at [[Dor]] one of his twelve purveyors (1 Kings 4:11). [[Reland]] (Palest. page 744) thinks it is the [[Dura]] (Aoeipa) mentioned by [[Polybius]] (5:409) as the scene of the victory of [[Antiochus]] [[Epiphanes]] over [[Ptolemy]] Philometor. Tryphon, the murderer of [[Jonathan]] Maccabaeus and usurper of the throne of Syria,, having sought an asylum in Dor, the city was besieged and captured by Antiochus [[Si]] detes (1 [[Maccabees]] 15:11; 1 Maccabees 15:13; 1 Maccabees 15:25; Joseph. Ant. 13:7, 2; War, 1:2, 2). It was granted the privilege of nominal independence by Pompey (Joseph. Ant. 14:4, 4; War, 1:7, 7), and was rebuilt by Gabinius, the [[Roman]] general, along with Samaria, Ashdod, and other cities of [[Palestine]] (Joseph. Ant. 14:5, 3), and it remained an important place during the early years of the Roman rule in Syria. Its coins are numerous, bearing the legend "Sacred Dora" (Vaillant, Num. Impp.). It became an episcopal city of the province of [[Palaestina]] Prima, but was already ruined and deserted in the fourth century (Jerome, in Epitaph. Paulae). According to Ptolemy (5:15, 5), it was situated in long. 66° 30', lat 32° 40'; according to the Peutinger Table, 20 miles from Ptolemais; and according to [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] (Onomast. s.v. Δὼρ τοῦ Ναφάθ, Dornaphet), it lay on the coast, "in the ninth mile from Caesarea, on the way to Ptolemais." Just at the point indicated is the small village of Tantura (or Tortura, Pococke, 2:84; Arvieux, 2:11: [[Gesenius]] thinks, Thesaur. page 331, either form equal to the [[Arabic]] for hill of Dora), consisting of about thirty houses, wholly constructed of ancient materials, and inhabited by Mohammedans (Mangles, Trav. page 190; Schwarz, Palest. pages 77, 91, 149; Thomson, Land and Book, 2:248). Three hundred yards north are low rocky mounds projecting into the sea, covered with heaps of rubbish, massive foundations, and fragments of columns. The most conspicuous ruin is a section of an old tower, 30 feet or more in height, which forms the landmark of the town. On the south side of the promontory, opposite the village, is a little harbor, partially sheltered by two or three small islands. A spur of Mount Carmel, steep and partially wooded, runs parallel to the coast-line, at the distance of about a mile and a half. Between its base and the sandy beach is a rich and beautiful plain — this is possibly the "border," "coast," or "region" (53, [[Symmachus]] παραλία ) of Dor (Joshua 11:2; Joshua 12:23; 1 Kings 4:11). The district is now almost wholly deserted, being exposed to the raids of the wild [[Bedouins]] who pasture their flocks on the rich plain of Sharon. (See Hamath-Dor En-Dor). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_15935"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/dor Dor from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_31181"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/dor Dor from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_35088"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/dor Dor from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_39631"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/dor Dor from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_45455"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hitchcock-s-bible-names/dor Dor from Hitchcock's Bible Names]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_50696"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/dor Dor from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_59571"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/dor Dor from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_65787"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/dor Dor from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_69967"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/people-s-dictionary-of-the-bible/dor Dor from People's Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_72230"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/dor Dor from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_113149"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/dor Dor from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_15513"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/dor Dor from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_15513"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/dor Dor from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_38049"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/dor Dor from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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