HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H128
אֲדָמָה
a.da.mah — Adamah
§ Adamah = "the earth" city in Naphtali
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Adamah
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Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Red earth, a fortified city of Naphtali, probably the modern Damieh, on the west side of the sea of Tiberias (Josh. 19:33, 36).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Scripture cited by this entry (KJV)
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Joshua 19:33
And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
Joshua 19:36
And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,