BIBLE LAND NAMES old testament
Abana, ' = "support"
Amanah {am-aw-naw'}
1) a river flowing into the plain of Damascus from Antilebanon
2) mountainous area of the river's origin
2 KINGS 5:12
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Abarim, ` = "regions beyond"
Abarim {ab-aw-reem'}
1) a mountain or range of mountains on the east of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, opposite to Jericho; Mount Nebo is part of this range
NUMBERS 27:12, &33:47-48,
DEUTERONOMY 32:49
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Abdon, ` = "servile"
Abdown {ab-dohn'}
1) a judge of Israel in the time of the judges; perhaps the same as 'Bedan'
2) a Benjamite, son of Shashak
3) a Gibeonite, son of Jehiel and a grandson of Gideon
4) son of Micah in the time of king Josiah of Judah; also 'Achbor'
5) a city in Asher allotted to the Gershonite Levites; located 10 miles (16 km) north of Accho; modern 'Abdeh'
Joshua 21:30
Judges 12:13 Judges 12:15
1Chronicles 6:74 1Chronicles 8:23 1Chronicles 8:30 1Chronicles 9:36
2Chronicles 34:20
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Abel-beth-maachah, ' = "meadow of the house of Maachah(oppression)
Abel Beyth-Ma`akah {aw-bale' bayth ma-a-kaw'}
1) city in northern Israel near Beth Maachah
1Kings 15:20
2Kings 15:29
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Abel-maim, = "meadow of waters"
'Abel Mayim {aw-bale' mah'-yim}
1) a city in northern Israel (perhaps Abel Beth Maachah)
2Chronicles 16:4
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Abel-meholah, ' = "meadow of dancing"
Abel M@chowlah {aw-bale' mekh-o-law'}
1) a city of Issachar, birthplace of Elisha
Judges 7:22
1Kings 4:12 1Kings 19:16
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Abel-mizraim, ' = "meadow of Egypt"
Abel Mitsrayim {aw-bale' mits-rah'-yim}
1) a place east of the Jordan (perhaps "as fertile as Egypt")
Genesis 50:11
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Abel-shittim, ' = "meadow of acacias()"
Abel hash-Shittiym {aw-bale' hash-shit-teem'}
1) place in lowlands of Moab
Numbers 33:49
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Abez, = "I will make white (or miry)"
'Ebets {eh'-bets}
1) a city in Issachar
Joshua 19:20
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Accad, = "subtle"
'Akkad {ak-kad'}--
1) a city in north Babylonia,
also the district around it
Genesis 10:10
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Accho, = "his straitness"
Akkow {ak-ko'}
1) a seaport town in Asher north of Mount Carmel and south or Tyre
Judges 1:31
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Achmetha, = "Ecbata