Hiding-place, a town in the northern border of Ephraim and Manasseh, and not far west of Jordan (Josh. 16:6; 17:7).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Place
Michmethah
Name meaning: the gift or death of a striker (Hitchcock)
Key verses
Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(hiding-place), a place which formed one of the landmarks of the boundary of the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh on the western side of Jordan. (Joshua 17:7) The position of the place must be somewhere on the east of and not far distant from Shechem.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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