HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6661
צִדִּים
tsid.dim — Ziddim
§ Ziddim = "the declivities" a fortified town in the territory of Naphtali
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Ziddim
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Sides, a town of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35), has been identified with Kefr-Hattin, the “village of the Hittites,” about 5 miles west of Tiberias.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.