Maktesh
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Smith's Bible Dictionary
Maktesh

(a mortar or deep hollow), a place evidently in Jerusalem, the inhabitants of which are denounced by Zephaniah. (Zephaniah 1:11) Ewald conjectures that it was the Phoenician quarter" of the city.

ATS Bible Dictionary
Maktesh

Zephaniah 1:11, apparently in or near Jerusalem, and occupied by merchants; but we have no clue to its location.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Mortar, a place in or near Jerusalem inhabited by silver merchants (Zephaniah 1:11). It has been conjectured that it was the "Phoenician quarter" of the city, where the traders of that nation resided, after the Oriental custom.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
MAKTESH, THE

mak'-tesh, (ha-makhtesh, "the mortar"; compare Judges 15:19, "the mortar," English Versions of the Bible "hollow place that is in Lehi"): A quarter of Jerusalem so named, it is supposed, on account of the configuration of the ground and associated (Zechariah 1:10, 11) with the "fish gate" and MISHNEH (which see) or "second quarter." Most authorities think it was in the northern part of the city, and many consider that the name was derived from the hollowed-out form of that part of the Tyropeon just N. of the walls, where foreign merchants congregated; others have suggested a hollow farther West, now occupied by the muristan and the three long bazaars.

E. W. G. Masterman

Strong's Hebrew
4389. Maktesh -- a place probably in Jer.
... 4388, 4389. Maktesh. 4390 . a place probably in Jer. Transliteration: Maktesh
Phonetic Spelling: (mak-taysh') Short Definition: mortar. ...
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4388. maktesh -- mortar
... 4387, 4388. maktesh. 4389 . mortar. Transliteration: maktesh Phonetic Spelling:
(mak-taysh') Short Definition: hollow. ... 4387, 4388. maktesh. 4389 . ...
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Thesaurus
Maktesh (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MAKTESH, THE. ...Maktesh (1 Occurrence). Zephaniah
1:11 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! ...
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Makke'dah (8 Occurrences)
Makke'dah. Makkedah, Makke'dah. Maktesh . Multi-Version Concordance Makke'dah
(8 Occurrences). ... (See RSV). Makkedah, Makke'dah. Maktesh . Reference Bible
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Undone (20 Occurrences)
... captivity. (WEB JPS ASV DBY RSV). Zephaniah 1:11 Wail, you inhabitants of
Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those ...
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Laden (14 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Zephaniah 1:11 Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of
Canaan are undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off. ...
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Mishneh
... and American) "second quarter," margin "Hebrew: Mishneh"): A part of Jerusalem,
apparently not far from the FISH GATE (which see) and the MAKTESH (which see). ...
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Merchant (15 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV DBY WBS NAS NIV). Zephaniah 1:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all
the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. ...
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Loaded (21 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Zephaniah 1:11 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of
Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off. (WEB). ...
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Malachi (2 Occurrences)

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Wiped (25 Occurrences)
... (See RSV NIV). Zephaniah 1:11 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people
of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off. ...
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Traders (31 Occurrences)
... Zephaniah 1:11 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are
undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off. (See RSV). ...
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