Kithlish
Kithlish
(Heb. Kithlish’, , prob. for , a man’s wall; Sept. v. r. ant ,Vulg. Cethlis), a town in the valley or plain (Shephelah) of Judah, mentioned between Lahmam and Gederoth (Jos 15:40); evidently situated in the south-western group, possibly at the “mound and some foundations called Jelamneh” (Robinson, Researches, ii, 386), on wady el-Heroy, between Gaza and Lachish (Van de Velde, Map). A writer in Fairbairn’s Dictionary, s.v., proposes the ruined site el-Jilas given by Smith (in Robinson’s Res. 3, Appendix, p. 119) in this vicinity; but this is not laid down on any map, if, indeed, it be not the same place as the above. The derivation proposed by the same writer for the name Kithlish, from , to crush, and , a lion, as if it were the haunt of that animal, is fanciful, and unwarranted by any allusion of the kind in the text; the form, moreover, would then have been .
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Kithlish
a man’s wall, a town in the plain of Judah (Josh. 15:40). It has been identified with Jelameh.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Kithlish
(“dashing down of the lion”). From kathath layish. A town of Judah in the shephelah or lower hills (Jos 15:40). Now El Jilas. Traces of the “lion” abound on all sides; in the plains of Dan on the N. (Deu 33:22; Jdg 14:5), in the uplands of Judah on the E. (Gen 49:9; 1Sa 17:34), and in “the S.,” the droughty land between Palestine and Egypt (2Sa 23:20; Isa 30:6).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Kithlish
kithlish (, kithlsh). See CHITLISH.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Kithlish
[Kith’lish]
City in the lowlands of Judah. Jos 15:40. Not identified.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Kithlish
H3798
A city of Judah.
Jos 15:40
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Kithlish
Kith’lish. (man’s wall). One of the towns of Judah, in the Shefelah, or lowland. Jos 15:40.