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Villages

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: V By: George A. Morrish

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A term often used in the Old Testament where a city is mentioned and “its villages,” but at times nothing more is meant than its “suburbs,” not in the sense of separate villages. The two principal words are bath, “daughter” (Num. 21:25,32²⁵And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. (Numbers 21:25)
³²And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. (Numbers 21:32)); and chatser, “hamlet, encampment” etc. (Josh. 18:24,28²⁴And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: (Joshua 18:24)
²⁸And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. (Joshua 18:28)). In the New Testament it is κώμη “village” (Matt. 9:35³⁵And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. (Matthew 9:35)).

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