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Maktesh

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(mortar). Denounced quarter of Jerusalem (Zeph. 1:11¹¹Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. (Zephaniah 1:11)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

District in or near Jerusalem where merchants traded (Zeph. 1:11¹¹Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. (Zephaniah 1:11)). The Targum associates it with the Kedron valley.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

4389 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Maktesh

Phonic:

mak-taysh’

Meaning:

the same as 4388; dell; the Maktesh, a place in Jerusalem

KJV Usage:

Maktesh

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

a mortar (braying place)

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Heap of the dead; a deep hollow; a mortar:―a place in Jerusalem, Zeph. 1:11. {Acervus mortuorum}