Easton's Bible Dictionary. M.G. Easton. 1897.
HEPHER — (Heb. חֵפֶר). (1) A royal Canaanite city mentioned in the list of kings defeated by Joshua (12:17); it appears between Tappuah (Sheikh Abu Zarad in the hill country of Ephraim) and Aphek (Ras al ʿAyn at the sources of the Yarkon). The land of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEPHER — fil. Ashur ex Naara uxore. 1. Par. c. 4. v. 6. Portio Regni, terraeque Chanaan, quam Iosue expugnavit. 2. Reg. c. 14. v. 25. Ios. c. 12. v. 17 … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Hepher — In the list of English surnames associated with the keeping and breeding of cattle, this is the rarest form. Recorded in the surviving late medieval church registers as Heffer, Heffor, Heifer, and the later Hepher, the surname is seemingly job… … Surnames reference
GATH-HEPHER — (Heb. גַּת חֵפֶר), a town on the border of the territory of zebulun , between japhia and Eth Kazin (Josh. 19:13). It is referred to as the birthplace of the prophet jonah (II Kings 14:25). The biblical site has been identified with Khirbat al… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gath-hepher — Wine press of the well, a town of Lower Galilee, about 5 miles from Nazareth; the birthplace of Jonah (2 Kings 14:25); the same as Gittah hepher (Josh. 19:13). It has been identified with the modern el Meshed, a village on the top of a rocky… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Gittah-hepher — (Josh. 19:13). See Gath hepher … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Jonah — For other uses, see Jonah (disambiguation). Prophet Jonah Jonah, as depicted by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel. Prophet, Seer, Apostle to Nineveh, Companion of the Fish … Wikipedia
List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its … Wikipedia
King David's Warriors — are a group of biblical characters explicitly singled out by an appendix of the Books of Samuel. The text (2 Samuel 23:8 39) divides them into The Three, of which there are 3, and The Thirty, of which there is somewhere between 30 and 37. The… … Wikipedia
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