Beth-tappuah
Beth-tappuah
(Heb. Beyth- Tappu’ach, , apple-house, i.e. orchard; Sept. v.r. ), a town of Judah, in the mountainous district, and near Hebron (Jos 15:53; comp. 1Ch 2:43), where it has been discovered by Robinson (Researches, 2, 428) under the modern name of Teffuh, 1.25 hour, about five miles, west of Hebron, on a ridge of high table-land. The terraces of the ancient cultivation still remain in use; and though the apples have disappeared, yet olive-groves and vineyards, with fields of grain, surround the place on every side (Schwarz, Palest. p. 105). SEE APPLE.
The simple name of Tappuah was borne by another town of Judah, which lay in the rich lowland of the Shefela (Joshua 14:34). SEE TAPPUAH. Also by one on the border between Manasseh and Ephraim (Jos 16:8). SEE EN-TAPPUAH.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Beth-tappuah
house of apples, a town of Judah, now Tuffuh, 5 miles west of Hebron (Josh. 15:53).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Beth-Tappuah
BETH-TAPPUAH (place of apples, Jos 15:53).A town of Judah in the Hebron mountains (see Tappuah in 1Ch 2:43). Now the village Taffuh, west of Hebron.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Beth-Tappuah
beth-tapu-a (, beth-tappuah; , Beththapphoue, place of apples (see however APPLE)); A town in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:53), probably near Hebron (el Tappuah, 1Ch 2:43), possibly the same as Tephon (1 Macc 9:50). The village of Tuffuh, 3 1/2 miles Northwest of Hebron, is the probable site; it stands on the edge of a high ridge, surrounded by very fruitful gardens; an ancient highroad runs through the village, and there are many old cisterns and caves. (See PEF, III, 310, 379, Sh XXI. )
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Beth-Tappuah
H1054
A town of Judah.
Jos 15:53
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Beth-tappuah
Beth-tap’puah. (house of apples). One of the towns of Judah, in the mountainous district, and near Hebron. Jos 15:53. Compare 1Ch 2:43. Here, it has actually been discovered by Robinson, under the modern name of Teffuh, five miles west of Hebron, on a ridge of high table-land.