HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4632
מְעָרָה
me.a.rah — Mearah
§ Mearah = "cave" an area or cavern in the neighbourhood east of Sidon
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Mearah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
A cave, a place in the northern boundary of Palestine (Josh. 13:4). This may be the cave of Jezzin in Lebanon, 10 miles east of Sidon, on the Damascus road; or probably, as others think, Mogheirizeh, north-east of Sidon.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.