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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2772
cho.ro.ni — Horonite
Someone descended from Horon(?), first mentioned at Neh.2.10 § Horonite = "native of Horonaim" 1) an inhabitant of Horonaim in Moab 1a) the designation of Sanballat, the opponent of Nehemiah
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →The designation of Sanballat (Neh. 2:10, 19), a native of Horonaim, or of one of the two Beth-horons, the “upper” or the “nether,” mentioned in Josh. 16:3, 5.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
