HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1608
גַּ֫עַשׁ
ga.ash — Gaash
§ Gaash = "quaking" a mountain of Ephraim where Joshua was buried
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Gaash
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8556
תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס
tim.nat che.res — Timnath-heres
Timnath-heres (or Timnath-serah) = "portion of the sun" or "abundant portion" a city given to Joshua as a inheritance in the mountains of Ephraim on the north of the hill of Gaash where he was buried Also named: tim.nat se.rach (תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַח "Timnath-serah" H8556B)
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A shaking, a hill, on the north side of which Joshua was buried (Josh. 24:30; Judg. 2:9), in the territory of Ephraim. (See TIMNATH-SERAH.)
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.