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Name meaning: Shamer, prison; bush; lees; thorn (Hitchcock)
A sharp thorn. (1.) One of the sons of Michah (1 Chr. 24:24).
(2.) A town among the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:48); probably Somerah, 2 1/2 miles north-west of Debir.
(3.) The residence of Tola, one of the judges, on Mount Ephraim (Judg. 10:1, 2).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(n point or thorn.)
A town in the mountain district of Judah. (Joshua 15:48) only. It probably lay some eight or ten miles south of Hebron.
A place in Mount Ephraim, the residence and burial-place of Tola the judge. (Judges 10:1,2) Perhaps Samur, half-way between Samaria and Jenin.
A Kohathite, son of Micah or Michal, the first-born of Uzziel. (1 Chronicles 24:24)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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