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Gath-rimmon

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1667

גַּת־רִמּוֹן

gat-rim.mon — Gath-rimmon

§ Gath-rimmon = "winepress of the pomegranate" a city given out of the tribe of Dan to the Levites, situated on the plain of Philistia, apparently not far from Joppa

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Historical dictionary entry

Press of the pomegranate. (1.) A Levitical city in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:45; 21:24; 1 Chr. 6:69). (2.) Another city of the same name in Manasseh, west of the Jordan (Josh. 21:25), called also Bileam (1 Chr. 6:70).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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