HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5852
עֲטָרוֹת
a.ta.rot — Ataroth
§ Ataroth = "crowns" a town east of the Jordan in Gilead, taken and built by the tribe of Gad
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Ataroth
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5853
עַטְרוֹת אַדָּר
at.rot ad.dar — Ataroth-addar
§ Ataroth-adar or Ataroth-addar = "crowns of glory" a Gadite town on the west border of Benjamin
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5854
עַטְרוֹת בֵּית יוֹאָב
at.rot bet yo.av — Atroth-beth-joab
§ Ataroth = "the crowns of" the house of Joab, a place in Judah
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Crowns. (1.) A city east of Jordan, not far from Gilead (Num. 32:3). (2.) A town on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:2, 7), called also Ataroth-adar (16:5). Now ed-Da’rieh. (3.) “Ataroth, the house of Joab” (1 Chr. 2:54), a town of Judah inhabited by the descendants of Caleb.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.