Pure, a city on the east of Jordan (Num. 32:3); probably the same as Beth-nimrah (Josh. 13:27). It has been identified with the Nahr Nimrin, at one of the fords of Jordan, not far from Jericho.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
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Nimrah
Name meaning: Nimrim, leopard; bitterness; rebellion (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(limpid, pure), a place mentioned by this name in (Numbers 32:3) only. If it is the same as BETU-NIMRAH, ver. 36, it belonged to the tribe of Gad. It was ten miles north of the Dead Sea and three miles east of the Jordan, in the hill of Nimrim.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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