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Joshua 13

Josh. 13:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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From the south
teyman (Hebrew #8486)
denominative from 3225; the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)
KJV usage: south (side, -ward, wind).
Pronounce: tay-mawn'
Origin: or teman {tay-mawn'}
, all the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of the Canaanites
Kna`aniy (Hebrew #3669)
a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
KJV usage: Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.
Pronounce: ken-ah-an-ee'
Origin: patrial from 3667
, and βMearah
M`arah (Hebrew #4632)
cave; Mearah, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Mearah.
Pronounce: meh-aw-raw'
Origin: the same as 4631
that is beside the Sidonians
Tsiydoniy (Hebrew #6722)
a Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon
KJV usage: Sidonian, of Sidon, Zidonian.
Pronounce: tsee-do-nee'
Origin: patrial from 6721
, unto Aphek
'Apheq (Hebrew #663)
from 662 (in the sense of strength); fortress; Aphek (or Aphik), the name of three places in Palestine
KJV usage: Aphek, Aphik.
Pronounce: af-ake'
Origin: or rAphiyq {af-eek'}
e, to the borders
gbuwl (Hebrew #1366)
from 1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed
KJV usage: border, bound, coast, X great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
Pronounce: gheb-ool'
Origin: or (shortened) gbul {gheb-ool'}
g of the Amorites
'Emoriy (Hebrew #567)
thus, a mountaineer; an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
KJV usage: Amorite.
Pronounce: em-o-ree'
Origin: probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from 559 in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence
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or, the cave.
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1 Sam. 4:1• 1And what Samuel had said happened to all Israel. And Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. (1 Sam. 4:1)
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Judg. 1:36• 36And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upwards. (Judg. 1:36)

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Amorite,
Aphek; Aphik,
Mearah,
South,
The Canaanites

Cross References

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the land of.
Josh. 10:40• 40And Joshua smote the whole country, the mountain, and the south, and the lowland, and the hill-slopes, and all their kings: he let none remain, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah the God of Israel had commanded. (Josh. 10:40)
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Josh. 11:3• 3to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah. (Josh. 11:3)
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Josh. 12:7‑8• 7And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side the Jordan on the west, from Baal-Gad in the valley of Lebanon as far as the smooth mountain, which rises toward Seir. And Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions,
 8in the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the plain, and on the hill-slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the south: the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites: (Josh. 12:7‑8)
Mearah.
or, the cave.
Aphek.This is probably the Aphek spoken of in 1 Ki 20:26.
2 Ki 13:18, as the capital of the kings of Syria; and the same as is mentioned by Sozomen, Eusebius, and Theophanes, as situated near the river Adonis (now Nahr Ibrahim,) between Heliopolis and Byblos, and celebrated for the infamous temple of Venus the Aphacite.
The village Afka, situated in the bottom of a valley, and hour and three quarters from Akoura, and three hours' distance from Lake Liemoun, is supposed to occupy its site.
Burckhardt, however, could not hear of any remains of antiquity in it neighbourhood.
Josh. 19:30• 30and Ummah, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities and their hamlets. (Josh. 19:30)
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1 Sam. 4:1• 1And what Samuel had said happened to all Israel. And Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. (1 Sam. 4:1)
the Amorites.
Judg. 1:34‑36• 34And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country, for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley.
 35And the Amorites would dwell on mount Heres, in Ajalon and in Shaalbim; but the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, and they became tributaries.
 36And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upwards. (Judg. 1:34‑36)

J. N. Darby Translation

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in the south, the whole land of the Canaanites, and Mearah which belongeth to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;