HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2829
חֶשְׁמוֹן
chesh.mon — Heshmon
§ Heshmon = "rich soil" a town in the extreme south of Judah; site uncertain
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Heshmon
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Fatness, a town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:27).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.