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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 the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. (1 Sam. 4:1)
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Judg. 1:36• 36And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. (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• 40So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded. (Josh. 10:40)
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Josh. 11:3• 3And to 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 under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. (Josh. 11:3)
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Josh. 12:7‑8• 7And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
 8In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, 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• 30Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. (Josh. 19:30)
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1 Sam. 4:1• 1And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. (1 Sam. 4:1)
the Amorites.
Judg. 1:34‑36• 34And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
 35But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
 36And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. (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;