HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H303
אַחְלָב
ach.lav — Ahlab
Ahlab = "fertile place" a town allotted to Asher, site presently unknown Also named: che.vel (חֶ֫בֶל "Mahalab" H2256A)
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Ahlab
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2256
חֶ֫בֶל
che.vel — Mahalab
This name means a cord, territory, region Another name of ach.lav (אַחְלָב "Ahlab" H0303)
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Fatness, a town of Asher lying within the unconquered Phoenician border (Judg. 1:31), north-west of the Sea of Galilee; commonly identified with Giscala, now el-Jish.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.