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Ziphron

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2202

זִפְרֹן

ziph.ron — Ziphron

§ Ziphron = "fragrance" a place on the north boundary of the promised land as specified by Moses

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Historical dictionary entry

Sweet odour, a city on the northern border of Palestine (Num. 34:9), south-east of Hamath.

Scripture references

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

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