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Kibzaim

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6911

קִבְצַיִם

qiv.tsa.yim — Kibzaim

Kibzaim = "two gatherings" a Kohathite Levitical city in Ephraim at Mount Ephraim Also named: yoq.me.am (יׇקְמְעָם "Jokmeam" H3361H)

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Historical dictionary entry

Two heaps, a city of Ephraim, assigned to the Kohathite Levites, and appointed as a city of refuge (Josh. 21: 22). It is also called Jokmeam (1 Chr. 6:68).

Scripture references

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

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