Horonaim
Horonaim
(Heb. Chorona’yim, , two caverns; Sept. and v), a Moabitish city near Zoar, Luhith, Nimrim, etc., on a declivity along the route of the invading Assyrians (Isa 15:5; Jer 48:3; Jer 48:5; Jer 48:34); probably the same called HOLON (, perhaps by an error for , Horon, which would appear to be the original form of the word Horonaim; from , a hole) in Jer 48:22 (Sept. ,Vulg. Helon). The associated names only afford a conjectural locality east of the north end of the Dead Sea, probably on some one of the great roads () leading down from the plateau of Moab to the Jordan valley. It is doubtless the Oronse () of Josephus (Ant. 13, 15, 4; 14, 1, 4). Sanballat the Horonite (, Neh 2:10; Neh 2:19; Neh 13:28) was probably a native of this place, and not (as stated by Schwarz, Palestine, p. 147) of Beth- horon, which was entirely different.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Horonaim
two caverns, a city of Moab to the south of the Arnon, built, apparently, upon an eminence, and a place of some importance (Isa. 15:5; Jer. 48:3, 5, 34).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Horonaim
(“two caverns”.) Gave their name to a town of Moab (Isa 15:5; Jer 48:3; Jer 48:5; Jer 48:34). On an eminence from which there was a “descent.” Ptolemy’s “Avara” is identified with Horonaim Sanballet, the opponent of the rebuilding of the Jerusalem wall (Neh 4:7; Neh 2:10), was an Horonite.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Horonaim
HORONAIM (perh. the two bollows).A city of Moab, whose site has not been recovered with certainty. It is mentioned in Isa 15:5, Jer 48:3; Jer 48:5; Jer 48:34, and also on the Moabite Stone (11. 31, 32). It may have lain to the south of the Arnon, in the neighbourhood of the Wady ed-Dera.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Horonaim
hor-o-naim (, , horonayim; , Aroniem; in Jeremiah , Oronam, the two hollows): an unidentified place in the South of Moab. It is named in Jer 48:5. Isaiah (Isa 15:5) and Jeremiah (Jer 48:3) speak of the way to Horanaim; and Jeremiah (Jer 48:5) of the , descent, or going down of Horonaim. Mesha (MS) says he was bidden by Chemosh to go down and fight against Horonem. Probably, therefore, it lay on one of the roads leading down from the Moabite plateau to the Arabah. It is mentioned by Josephus as having been taken by Alexander Janneus (Ant., XIII, xv, 4). Hyrcanus promised to restore it and the rest to Aretas (XIV, i, 4). There is no indication that in early times it was ever possessed by Israel. Buhl (GAP 272 f) thinks it may be represented by some significant ruins near Wady ed-Deraa (Wady Kerak).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Horonaim
[Horona’im]
Place in Moab, mentioned by the prophets, with Zoar and Luhith. Isa 15:5; Jer 48:3; Jer 48:5; Jer 48:34. The name of Horonaim is found on the Moabite stone: it was taken by King Mesha.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Horonaim
H2773
A town of Moab.
Isa 15:5; Jer 48:3; Jer 48:5; Jer 48:34
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Horonaim
Horona’im. (two caverns). A town of Moab, possibly a sanctuary, named with Zoar and Luhith. Isa 15:5; Jer 48:3; Jer 48:5; Jer 48:34.