HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1054
בֵּית־תַּפּוּחַ
bet tap.pu.ach — Beth-tappuah
§ Beth-tappuah = "house of the apple" of "place of apples" a town in Judah
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Beth-tappuah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
House of apples, a town of Judah, now Tuffuh, 5 miles west of Hebron (Josh. 15:53).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.