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Ahlab

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(fertile). A city of Canaan (Judg. 1:31³¹Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: (Judges 1:31)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

City in Canaan, the inhabitants of which Asher failed to drive out (Judg. 1:31³¹Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: (Judges 1:31)). It has been identified with el-Jish, 33° 2' N, 35° 26' E.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

303 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Achlab

Phonic:

akh-lawb’

Meaning:

from the same root as 2459; fatness (i.e. fertile); Achlab, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage:

Ahlab

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

I shall he made fat

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Fatness; fertility; brother of the heart:―a place in Palestine, Judg. 1:31. {Pinguitudo}