Beacon; watch-tower, a Canaanite town; called also Hormah (q.v.), Judg. 1:17. It has been identified with the pass of es-Sufah, but with greater probability with S’beita.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Place
Zephath
Name meaning: which beholds; that attends or that covers (Hitchcock)
Key verses
Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(watch-tower), the earlier name, (Judges 1:17) of a Canaanite town, which after its capture and destruction was called by the Israelites Hormah. [Hormah]
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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