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Sephar
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Numbering, (Gen. 10:30), supposed by some to be the ancient Himyaritic capital, “Shaphar,” Zaphar, on the Indian Ocean, between the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(a numbering). It is written after the enumeration of the sons of Joktan, “And their dwelling was from Mesha as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.” (Genesis 10:30) The Joktanites occupied the southwestern portion of the peninsula of Arabia. The undoubted identifications of Arabian places and tribes with their Joktanite originals are included within these limits, and point to Sephar, on the shore of the Indian Ocean, as the eastern boundary. The ancient seaport town called Zafar represents the biblical site or district.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SE'PHAR, a boundary of the Joktanites. Gen 10:30. It was probably in South-eastern Arabia, near the shore of the Indian Ocean, where is an ancient seaport-town called Zafar.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
book; scribe; number
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SE'PHAR, a boundary of the Joktanites. Gen 10:30. It was probably in South-eastern Arabia, near the shore of the Indian Ocean, where is an ancient seaport-town called Zafar.