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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(princely). Now Ferata,
six
miles southwest of
Shechem
(
Judg. 12:13-15
13
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
15
And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites. (Judges 12:13‑15)
;
2 Sam. 23:30
30
Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, (2 Samuel 23:30)
;
1 Chron. 11:3
3
Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel. (1 Chronicles 11:3)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Place in
Ephraim
where
Abdon
was buried “in the mount of the
Amalekites
” (
Judg. 12:15
15
And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites. (Judges 12:15)
). Identified by some with
Feron
, 32° 17' N, 35° 1' E.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
6552
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Pir`athown
Phonic:
pir-aw-thone’
Meaning:
from
6546
; chieftaincy; Pirathon, a place in Palestine
KJV Usage:
Pirathon
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
nakedness: looseness
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Righteous vengeance; chieftaincy; princely:―a place in Palestine, Judg. 12:15. {Ultio iusta}
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“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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