HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4158
מֵיפַ֫עַת
mo.pha.at — Mephaath
§ Mephaath = "splendour" or "height" a city of Reuben allotted to the Merarite Levites lying in the district of the Mishor, near Moab
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Mephaath
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Splendour, a Levitical city (Josh. 21:37) of the tribe of Reuben (13:18).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.