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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Gittah-hepher
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
(Josh. 19:13). See GATH-HEPHER.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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