[some Mepha’ath] (Hebrews Meypha’ath, , prob. splendor; once defectively written . Jos 13:18, and once [Kethib] , Jer 48:21; Sept. in Josh., v. r. in Chron. And v. r. in Jer.), a Levitical (Merarite) city (Jos 21:37; 1Ch 6:79) of the tribe of Reuben (Jos 13:18), doubtless originally (like Heshbon, of which it formed a dependency) in the hands of the Amorites (Num 21:26), but afterwards belonging to Moab (Jer 48:21); probably situated near Kedemoth and Jahazah, in connection with which it is always mentioned. Eusebius (Onomast.) calls it Mephath (), and states that it was still occupied by a Roman garrison as a defence against the Arabs of the neighboring desert. As the name implies a conspicuous position, the site may possibly correspond with that of the modern village with ruins on an eminence marked as Umn el- Weled on Van de Velde’s Map, east of Medeba. The extended, and possibly later, form of the name which occurs in Chronicles and Jeremiah, as if Mey Phaath, waters of Phaath,’ may be, as in other cases, an attempt to fix an intelligible meaning on an archaic or foreign word; although the fuller form appears to be radical (so both Gesenius and Ftirst, from<\/p>\n
, to glitter, be eminent).<\/p>\n
splendour, a Levitical city (Josh. 21:37<\/span>) of the tribe of Reuben (13:18).<\/p>\n (“beauty”.) A town of Reuben (Jos 13:17-18; Jos 21:37); a dependency of Heshbon, N. of Amen, in the “downs” (mishor), the modern Belka (Jer 48:21). Assigned to the Merarite Levites. Regained by Moab.<\/p>\n MEPHAATH.A city of Reuben (Jos 13:18); assigned to the Levites (Jos 21:37, 1Ch 6:79); a Moabite city in Jer 48:21. In the 4th cent. a.d. it is said to have been the station of a Roman garrison.<\/p>\n mefa-ath, me-faath (, mephaath and , meyphaath, , mophaath; Codex Vaticanus, , Maiphaath, , Mephaath): A city of the Amorites in the territory allotted to Reuben, named with Kedemoth and Kiriathaim (Jos 13:18), and given to the Merarite Levites (Jos 21:37; 1Ch 6:79). It appears again as a Moabite town in Jer 48:21. It was known to Eusebius and Jerome (Onom) as occupied by a Roman garrison, but the site has been lost.<\/p>\n [Mepha’ath]<\/p>\n Levitical city in Reuben, east of the Jordan. Jos 13:18; Jos 21:37; 1Ch 6:79; Jer 48:21. Not identified<\/p>\n H4158<\/span> <\/p>\n A Levitical city in Reuben.<\/p>\n Jos 13:18<\/span>; Jos 21:37<\/span>; 1Ch 6:79<\/span>; Jer 48:21<\/span> <\/p>\n Meph’a-ath. (splendor height). City of the Reubenites, one of the towns independently at Heshhon, Jos 13:18, lying in the district of the Mishor. Compare Jos 13:17 and Jer 48:21. Authorized Version, “plain,” which probably answered to the modern Belka. It was one of the cities allotted, with their suburbs, to the Merarite Levites. Jos 21:37; 1Ch 6:79. It’s site is uncertain.<\/p>\n Mephaath [some Mepha’ath] (Hebrews Meypha’ath, , prob. splendor; once defectively written . Jos 13:18, and once [Kethib] , Jer 48:21; Sept. in Josh., v. r. in Chron. And v. r. in Jer.), a Levitical (Merarite) city (Jos 21:37; 1Ch 6:79) of the tribe of Reuben (Jos 13:18), doubtless originally (like Heshbon, of which it formed … Continue reading “Mephaath”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Mephaath<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Mephaath<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Mephaath<\/h2>\n
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Mephaath<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Mephaath<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Mephaath<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"