HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1662
גַּת הַחֵ֫פֶר
gat-ha.che.pher — Gath-hepher
§ Gath-hepher or Gittah-hepher = "the winepress of digging" home town of Jonah on the border of Zebulun
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Gath-hepher
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3124
יוֹנָה
yo.nah — Jonah
A prophet living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.14.25; son of: Amittai (H0573) Also named: Iōnas (Ἰωνᾶς "Jonah" G2495H) § Jonah = "dove" son of Amittai and a native of Gath-hepher; 5th of the minor prophets who prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam II and whom God sent also to prophecy to Nineveh
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Wine-press of the well, a town of Lower Galilee, about 5 miles from Nazareth; the birthplace of Jonah (2 Kings 14:25); the same as Gittah-hepher (Josh. 19:13). It has been identified with the modern el-Meshed, a village on the top of a rocky hill. Here the supposed tomb of Jonah, Neby Yunas, is still pointed out.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.