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Keziz

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7104

קְצִיץ

qe.tsits — (Emek)-keziz

Combined with e.meq (עֵ֫מֶק "Emek" H6010J) § Keziz = "cut off" a town on Benjamin and the eastern border of the tribe

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Historical dictionary entry

Abrupt; cut off, a city of the tribe of Benjamin (Josh. 18:21).

Scripture references

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

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