Prince, or summit, a place “in the land of Ephraim” (Judg. 12:15), now Fer’on, some 10 miles south-west of Shechem. This was the home of Abdon the judge.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
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Pirathon
Name meaning: his dissipation or deprivation; his rupture (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(princely), “in the land of Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekite,” a place in (Judges 12:15) Its site, now called Fer’ata, is about one mile and a half south of the road from Jaffa, by Hableh, to Nablus. Pirathonites are mentioned in (Judges 12:13,15) and 1Chr 27:14
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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