HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H847
אֶשְׁתָּאוֹל
esh.ta.ol — Eshtaol
Eshtaol = "entreaty" a Danite city located within Judah Also named: esh.ta.u.li (אֶשְׁתָּאֻלִי "Eshtaolite" H0848)
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Eshtaol
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4265
מַחֲנֵה־דָ֑ן
ma.cha.neh-dan — Mahaneh-dan
§ Mahaneh-dan = "camp of Dan" campsite of the tribe of Dan; place behind Kirjath-jearim and between Zorah and Eshtaol
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אֶשְׁתָּאֻלִי
esh.ta.u.li — Eshtaolite
Group of esh.ta.ol (אֶשְׁתָּאוֹל "Eshtaol" H0847) § Eshtaulites = "I will be entreated" the inhabitants of Eshtaol
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Narrow pass or recess, a town (Josh. 15:33) in the low country, the She-phelah of Judah. It was allotted to the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:41), and was one of their strongholds. Here Samson spent his boyhood, and first began to show his mighty strength; and here he was buried in the burying-place of Manoah his father (Judg. 13:25; 16:31; 18:2, 8, 11, 12). It is identified with the modern Yeshua, on a hill 2 miles east of Zorah. Others, however, identify it with Kustul, east of Kirjath-jearim.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.