Juttah
(Hebrew Yutah’, , Jos 15:55,Vulg. Jota; or Yuttah’, , perhaps inclined, otherwise i.q. Jotbah, Jos 21:16, Vulg. Jeta; Sept. v.r. and ), a Levitical city in the mountains of Judah, named in connection with Ziph, Jezreel, etc., in the neighborhood of Maon and Carmel (Jos 15:55). It was allotted to the priests (21:16), but in the catalogue of 1Ch 6:57-59, the name has escaped. Eusebius (Onomast. s.v.) calls it a large village by the name of Jettan (), and places it eighteen miles south of Eleutheropolis, in the district of Daromas (the south). It is doubtless the village discovered by Dr. Robinson (Researches, 2, 628), four miles south of Hebron, and still called Yutta, having the appearance of a large Mohammedan town, on a low eminence, with trees around and where the guides spoke of the existence of old foundations and former walls. Schwarz calls it Zata in his Palest. p. 106, and Seetzen Jitta on his map.
“The selection of Juttah as a city of the priests suggests the idea of its having already been a place of importance, which is seemingly confirmed by early and numerous allusions to it in the inscriptions on the Egyptian monuments. There it appears to be described under the names Tah, Tahn, and Tahn-nu, as a fortress of the Anakim near Arba or Hebron; and it is not a little remarkable that another Egyptian document, the Septuagint, expresses the word in almost the selfsame manner, and , (Jour. Sac. Lit. April and July, 1852, p. 73, 316, 317)” (Fairbairn, s.v.).
The “city of Juda” (Luk 1:39), whither Mary went to visit Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist ( ), and where Zecharias therefore appears to have resided, has usually been supposed to mean Hebron; but, if the reading be correct, the proper rendering would be “to the city Judah,” i.e. its capital, or Jerusalem (see Bornemann, Schol. in Luc. p. 12), notwithstanding the absence of the article (Winer’s Grammat. V.T. p. 136). But, as this was not intended (see Rob. Valesius, Epist. ad Casaubon. 1613, p. 669), Reland (Palest. p. 870) has suggested a conjectural reading of “Juttah” for “Judah” ( for ) in the above passage of Luke, which has met with favor among critics (see Harenberg, in the Nov. Miscell. Lips. 4, 595; Paulus, Kuinol, ad loc.), although no various reading exists to justify it.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Juttah (2)
Its modern representative Yutta is thus described in the Memoirs accompanying the Ordnance Survey (3:310);
“A large village standing on a ridge. It is built of stone, but some of the inhabitants live in tents. The water supply is from cisterns. On the south there are rock-cut tombs, and rock wine-presses are found all around the village. The neighborhood is extremely stony. South of the village are scattered olives, which are conspicuous objects; on the west, a little lower, under a cliff, is a small olive- yard: to the south-west a few figs. The inhabitants are very rich in flocks; the village owns, it is said, 17,000 sheep, besides goats, cows, camels, horses, and donkeys. The sheik alone has 250 sheep.”
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Juttah
extended, a Levitical city in the mountains or hill-country of Judah (Josh. 15:55; 21:16). Its modern name is Yutta, a place about 5 1/2 miles south of Hebron. It is supposed to have been the residence of Zacharias and Elisabeth, and the birthplace of John the Baptist, and on this account is annually visited by thousands of pilgrims belonging to the Greek Church (Luke 1:39). (See MARY)
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Juttah
(“stretched out.) A city in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:55), allotted to the priests (Jos 21:16). Omitted by copyist’s error in 1Ch 6:57-59; now Yutta, near Main (Maon) and Kurmul (Carmel). Herein appears the value of the repetitions of names in parallel passages; the one corrects errors which creep into the other. As Joshua herein supplies the omission in Chronicles, so Chronicles gives Ashan the right reading for Ain in Joshua, as Septuagint prove. In the Egyptian monuments Juttah appears as Jah or Jahn, a fort of the Anakim near Arba or Hebron, In Luk 1:39 “a city of Juda” is a doubtful translation; for Judah or Judaea, the region, has usually the article in Greek (see Luk 1:5-65); and “Juda” had long been superseded by “Judaea.” Probably “the city Juttah” or “Juda” is meant, the residence of Zacharias and Elisabeth, and the birthplace of John Baptist. However “Juda” is used of the region of Judah, Mat 2:6.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Juttah
A city of Judah. (Jos 15:55) The name means perhaps, to spread; from Natah.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Juttah
[Jut’tah]
City in the highlands of Judah, given to the priests. Jos 15:55; Jos 21:16. Identified with Yutta , 31 27′ N, 35 5′ E.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Juttah
H3194
A Levitical city in Judah.
Jos 15:55; Jos 21:16
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Juttah
Jut’tah. (stretched out). A city in the mountain region of Judah, in the neighborhood of Maon and Carmel. Jos 15:55 The place is now known as Yutta.