Bible Dictionary: Zephath

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Zephath

which beholds; that attends or that covers

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Zephath

(watch-tower), the earlier name, (Judges 1:17) of a Canaanite town, which after its capture and destruction was called by the Israelites Hormah. [HORMAH]

ATS Bible Dictionary

Zephath

A Canaanitish city afterwards called Hormah, one of the "uttermost cities of Judah southwards," afterwards assigned to Simeon, Joshua 12:14 15:30 19:4. The name is supposed to be traceable in Sufah, a long and rough pass leading from the south up into the mountains of Judah. It was at Zephath that the Israelites were repulsed in attempting to ascend from Kadesh, Numbers 14:40-45 21:3 De 1:44 Jude 1:17.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Beacon; watch-tower, a Canaanite town; called also Hormah (q.v.), Judges 1:17. It has been identified with the pass of es-Sufah, but with greater probability with S'beita.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ZEPHATH

ze'-fath.

See HORMAH.

Strong's Hebrew

6857. Tsephath -- a Canaanite city
... 6856, 6857. Tsephath. 6858 . a Canaanite city. Transliteration: Tsephath Phonetic
Spelling: (tsef-ath') Short Definition: Zephath. ... Zephath. ...
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Library

Arbel. Shezor. Tarnegola the Upper.
... So also "The Arbelite Bushel.". "Near Zephath in Upper Galilee was a town named
Shezor, whence was R. Simeon Shezori: there he was buried. ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 85 arbel shezor tarnegola.htm

In Galilee at the Time of Our Lord
... In the Talmud it is mentioned by the name of Zephath, and spoken of as one of the
signal-stations, whence the proclamation of the new moon, made by the ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 3 in galilee at.htm

The Israelites
... The Israelitish forces were disastrously defeated at Zephath, the Hormah of later
days, and the invasion of the Promised Land was postponed. ...
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The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... now and again to act against a common foe, for we know that the people of Judah
aided the tribe of Simeon in the reduction of the city of Zephath;** but they ...
/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm

Thesaurus

Zephath (2 Occurrences)
... beita. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ZEPHATH. ze'-fath. See HORMAH.
Multi-Version Concordance Zephath (2 Occurrences). Judges ...
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Hormah (9 Occurrences)
... 45). This place, or perhaps the watch-tower commanding it, was originally called
Zephath (Judges 1:17), the modern Sebaiteh. Afterwards ...
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Zephani'ah (10 Occurrences)
Zephani'ah. Zephaniah, Zephani'ah. Zephath . Multi-Version Concordance ... (See
RSV). Zephaniah, Zephani'ah. Zephath . Reference Bible.
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Zephathah (1 Occurrence)

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Zeph'athah (1 Occurrence)
... Zeph'athah (1 Occurrence). 2 Chronicles 14:10 Then Asa went out to meet him, and
they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephath at Mareshah. (See RSV). ...
/z/zeph'athah.htm - 6k

Inhabited (64 Occurrences)
... Judges 1:17 Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the
Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. ...
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Inhabiting (23 Occurrences)
... Judges 1:17 And Judah goeth with Simeon his brother, and they smite the Canaanite
inhabiting Zephath, and devote it; and 'one' calleth the name of the city ...
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Totally (27 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Judges 1:17 Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the
Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. ...
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Mare'shah (8 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). 2 Chronicles 14:10 Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the
battle in array in the valley of Zephath at Mareshah. (See RSV). ...
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Arad (5 Occurrences)
... in the fortieth year of the sojourn in the wilderness (Numbers 21:1-3), and Israel
vowed to "make their cities a devoted thing." In the case of Zephath, one of ...
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Bible Concordance

Zephath (2 Occurrences)

Judges 1:17 Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 14:10 Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Zephath

Zephath: A Canaanitish City

Related Terms

Hormah (9 Occurrences)

Zephani'ah (10 Occurrences)

Zephathah (1 Occurrence)

Zeph'athah (1 Occurrence)

Inhabited (64 Occurrences)

Inhabiting (23 Occurrences)

Totally (27 Occurrences)

Mare'shah (8 Occurrences)