HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4638
מַעֲרָת
ma.a.rat — Maarath
§ Maarath = "bareness" a town in the mountain region of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Maarath
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
Historical dictionary entry
Desolation, a place in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:59), probably the modern village Beit Ummar, 6 miles north of Hebron.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.