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ARIMATHEA
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
A “city of the Jews” (Luke 23:51), the birth-place of Joseph in whose sepulchre our Lord was laid (Matt. 27:57, 60; John 19:38). It is probably the same place as Ramathaim in Ephraim, and the birth-place of Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1, 19). Others identify it with Ramleh in Dan, or Rama (q.v.) in Benjamin (Matt. 2:18).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(heights). (Matthew 27:57; Luke 23:51; John 19:38) St. Luke calls it “a city of Judea.” It is identified by many with the modern Ramleh .
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
ARIMATHE'A (heights), a town in Judaea, and the home of Joseph, who begged the body of Jesus. Matt 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:51; John 19:38. An old tradition places it at the modern Ramleh, but this is generally discredited. Some identify it with Ramah; others, with less probability, with Renthieh, 10 miles east of Joppa. See Ramah.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
a lion dead to the Lord
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
ARIMATHE'A (heights), a town in Judaea, and the home of Joseph, who begged the body of Jesus. Matt 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:51; John 19:38. An old tradition places it at the modern Ramleh, but this is generally discredited. Some identify it with Ramah; others, with less probability, with Renthieh, 10 miles east of Joppa. See Ramah.