BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1036
bet le.aph.rah — Beth-le-aphrah
Bethel-aphrah = "house belonging to Aphrah" or "house to (i.e. of) dust" a Philistine city Another name of oph.rah (עׇפְרָה "Ophrah" H6084G)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6084
oph.rah — Ophrah
Ophrah = "fawn" a town of Benjamin approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Bethel Also named: bet le.aph.rah (בֵּית לְעַפְרָה "Beth-le-aphrah" H1036)
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →(R.V. Micah 1:10), house of dust. The Authorized Version reads “in the house of Aphrah.” This is probably the name of a town in the Shephelah, or “low country,” between Joppa and Gaza.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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