Search Results for "Bashan in Bible Cities"

ar'-gob (ha-'argobh; ha-argobh or Argob): A region East of the Jordan which in De 3:4-5 is equivalent to the kingdom of Og in Bashan, and in De 3:13 is referred to as "all the region of Argob, even all Bashan." De 3:14 is evidently corrupt. Havvoth-jair lay not in Bashan but in Gilead (Jg 10:4; Nu 3...

ba'-shan (ha-bashan, "the Bashan"; Basan): This name is probably the same in meaning as the cognate Arabic bathneh, "soft, fertile land," or bathaniyeh (batanaea), "this land sown with wheat" ("wheatland"). ⇒See a list of verses on BASHAN in the Bible. 1. Boundaries: It often occurs with the art...

ge'-shur (geshur, "bridge"): An Aramean kingdom (2Sa 15:8) of no great size which lay probably to the South of Maacah, and formed with it the western boundary of the land of Bashan (De 3:14; Jos 12:5; 13:11). The territory of these two probably corresponded roughly with modern Jaulan. It may not hav...

hav-oth-ja'-ir (chawwoth ya'ir "the encampments" or "tent villages of Jair"; the King James Version Havoth-Jair, ha-voth-ja'ir): The word chawwoth occurs only in this combination (Nu 32:41; De 3:14; Jg 10:4), and is a legacy from the nomadic stage of Hebrew life. Jair had thirty sons who possessed t...

The Charge of Genocide A common attack today on Christianity has to do with the character of the God of the Old Testament.{1} Especially singled out for censure by critics is the conquest of Canaan, the land promised to Abraham, by Joshua and the Israelites. Through Moses, God gave these instruction ...

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am'-o-rits; Amorites ('emori, always in the singular like the Babylonian Amurru from which it is taken; Amorraioi): 1. Varying Use of the Name Explained 2. The Amorite Kingdom 3. Sihon's Conquest 4. Disappearance of the Amorite Kingdom 5. Physical Characteristics of the Amorites The name Amorite...

We can distinguish with more than ordinary certainty the outlines of the individual addresses, and the arrangement of the book is clear and simple. The text, also, has been on the whole faithfully preserved; and though in a few places critics profess to find the traces of later editorial hands, thes...

ed'-re-i ('edhre`i; Edra-ein): ⇒See a list of verses on EDREI in the Bible. (1) One of the cities of Og, not far from Ashtaroth, where the power of his kingdom received its deathblow from the invading Israelites (Jos 12:4; Nu 21:33 ff, etc.). It seems to mark the western limit of Bashan as again...

gil'-e-ad (ha-gil`adh, "the Gilead"): The name is explained in Ge 31:46 ff,51, as derived from Hebrew gal, "a cairn," and `edh, "witness," agreeing in meaning with the Aramaic yegharsahadhutha'. The Arabic jilead means "rough," "rugged." (1) A city named in Ho 6:8; 12:11, possibly to be identified w...

ho'-ran (chawran; Septuagint Auranitis, also with aspirate): ⇒See a list of verses on HAURAN in the Bible. 1. Extent of Province in Ancient Times: A province of Eastern Palestine which, in Eze 47:16,18, stretched from Dan in the North to Gilead in the South, including all that lay between the Jo...

ha-za'-el, ha'-za-el, haz'-a-el (chaza'-el and chazah'-el; Hazael; Assyrian haza'ilu): ⇒See a list of verses on HAZAEL in the Bible. 1. In Biblical History: Comes first into Biblical history as a high officer in the service of Ben-hadad II, king of Syria (2Ki 8:7 ff; compare 1Ki 19:15 ff). He ha...

ja'-er: ⇒See a list of verses on JAIR in the Bible. (1) Jair (ya'ir, "he enlightens" or "one giving light"): (a) Son, i.e. descendant of Manasseh (Nu 32:41; De 3:14; Jos 13:30; 1Ki 4:13:1Ki 1:1-53 Ch 2:22 f). According to 1Ch 2:21 f he was the son of ScRub, son of Hezron, a descendant of Judah, ...

(`ogh; Og): King of Bashan, whose territory, embracing 60 cities, was conquered by Moses and the Israelites immediately after the conquest of Sihon, king of the Amorites (Nu 21:33-35; De 3:1-12). The defeat took place at Edrei, one of the chief of these cities (Nu 21:33; Jos 12:4), and Og and his pe...

Continued from PALESTINE, 1. III. Palestine in the Historic Books of the Old Testament. ⇒See a list of verses on PALESTINE in the Bible. 1. Book of Joshua: Joshua is the great geographical book of the Old Testament; and the large majority of the 600 names of places, rivers and mountains in Pales...

1. Synoptic Gospels: We are told that our Lord was born in "Bethlehem of Judea"; and theory of Neubauer, adopted by Gratz, that Bethlehem of Zebulun (Jos 19:15)--which was the present Beit-Lachm, 7 miles Northwest of Nazareth--is to be understood, is based on a mistake. The Jews expected the Messiah...

rab'-a: ⇒See a list of verses on RABBAH in the Bible. (1) (rabbah; Rhabba, Rhabbath, Rhabban. The full name is rabbath bene `ammon; he akra ton huion Ammon, Rhabbath huion Ammon, "Rabbah of the children of Ammon"): This alone of the cities of the Ammonites is mentioned in Scripture, so we may ta...

ra'-moth-gil'-e-ad (ramoth gil'adh; Codex Vaticanus Rhemmath Galadd; Codex Alexandrinus Rhammoth, and other forms): A great and strong city East of the Jordan in the territory of Gad, which played an important part in the wars of Israel. It is first mentioned in connection with the appointment of th...