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Ramah

(Encyclopedia)Ramah rāˈmə [key], in the Bible. 1 Town, NE ancient Palestine, allotted to Naphtali. 2 Town of Asher. 3 Unidentified town of Simeon, called Ramah of the south. It is apparently intended by the Ramo...

Jattir

(Encyclopedia)Jattir jătˈər [key], in the Bible, town, S ancient Palestine, the modern Horbat Yattir, Israel, S of Hebron. ...

Juttah

(Encyclopedia)Juttah jŭtˈə [key], in the Bible, city, S ancient Palestine, the present-day Yattah, the West Bank, S of Hebron. ...

Jehud

(Encyclopedia)Jehud jēˈhəd [key], in the Bible, town, SW ancient Palestine, the present-day Yehud, Israel, E of Jaffa. ...

Ono

(Encyclopedia)Ono ōˈnō [key], in the Bible, town, W central ancient Palestine, the modern Qiryat Ono, Israel, E of Tel Aviv. ...

Nebaioth

(Encyclopedia)Nebaioth nēbāˈyŏth [key], in the Bible, Arab tribe living probably SE of Palestine, sometimes identified with the Nabataeans. ...

Sogdiana

(Encyclopedia)Sogdiana sŏgdēāˈnə [key], part of the ancient Persian Empire in central Asia between the Oxus (Amu Darya) and Jaxartes (Syr Darya) rivers. Corresponding to the later emirate of Bukhara and region...

Misrephoth-maim

(Encyclopedia)Misrephoth-maim mĭsˈrēfŏth-māˈĭm [key], in the Bible, place, NW ancient Palestine, to which Joshua drove the defeated Canaanites. ...

Telaim

(Encyclopedia)Telaim tĕlˈāĭm, tēlāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, place, S ancient Palestine, where Saul's army gathered. It is also spelled Telem. ...

Zior

(Encyclopedia)Zior zīˈôr [key], in the Bible, hill town, S ancient Palestine, the modern Siir, the West Bank, NE of Hebron. ...