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Zanoah
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Marsh. (1.) A town in the low country or shephelah of Judah, near Zorah (Josh. 15:34). It was re-occupied after the return from the Captivity (Neh. 11:30). Zanu’ah in Wady Ismail, 10 miles west of Jerusalem, occupies probably the same site. (2.) A town in the hill country of Judah, some 10 miles to the south-west of Hebron (Josh. 15:56).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(marsh).
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898 1 of 2
ZANO'AH (marsh, bog), a name for two towns, A town in Judah, in the lowlands or "valley." Josh 15:34; Neh 3:13; Neh 11:30. Robinson fixed its site up the valley of Sorek, east of Beth-shemesh, at Zamu'a, on the slope of a hill, 14 miles west-south-west of Jerusalem. The Pal. Memoirs also accept this large ruin as the site of Zanoah. A town in the highlands of Judah. Josh 15:56. Robinson proposed Za'untah, 10 miles south-south-west of Hebron, and Conder, after proposing and abandoning another site, appears to accept Robinson's identification.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898 2 of 2
ZANO'AH. Jekuthiel is called, in the A.V. of 1 Chr 4:18, the father of Zanoah, but this means he was the founder of the village of that name. See Zanoah, 2.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
forgetfulness; desertion
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
ZANO'AH (marsh, bog), a name for two towns, A town in Judah, in the lowlands or "valley." Josh 15:34; Neh 3:13; Neh 11:30. Robinson fixed its site up the valley of Sorek, east of Beth-shemesh, at Zamu'a, on the slope of a hill, 14 miles west-south-west of Jerusalem. The Pal. Memoirs also accept this large ruin as the site of Zanoah. A town in the highlands of Judah. Josh 15:56. Robinson proposed Za'untah, 10 miles south-south-west of Hebron, and Conder, after proposing and abandoning another site, appears to accept Robinson's identification.