HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6881
צׇרְעָה
tsor.ah — Zorah
§ Zareah or Zoreah or Zorah = "hornet" a town in Dan, residence of Manoah and the home town of Samson
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Zorah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4495
מָנוֹחַ
ma.no.ach — Manoah
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.13.2; father of: Samson (H8123) § Manoah = "rest" a Danite, father of the judge Samson and inhabitant of Zorah
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צׇרְעָתִי
tsor.i — Zorathite
Someone descended from Zorath(?), first mentioned at 1Ch.2.53; also called Zorite at 1Ch.2.54; § Zorites or Zorathites, of Zorah "hornet" the inhabitants of Zorah
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מַחֲנֵה־דָ֑ן
ma.cha.neh-dan — Mahaneh-dan
§ Mahaneh-dan = "camp of Dan" campsite of the tribe of Dan; place behind Kirjath-jearim and between Zorah and Eshtaol
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Place of wasps, a town in the low country of Judah, afterwards given to Dan (Josh. 19:41; Judg. 18:2), probably the same as Zoreah (Josh. 15:33). This was Samson’s birthplace (Judg. 13:2, 25), and near it he found a grave (16:31). It was situated on the crest of a hill overlooking the valley of Sorek, and was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:10). It has been identified with Sur’ah, in the Wady Surar, 8 miles west of Jerusalem. It is noticed on monuments in the fifteenth century B.C. as attacked by the Abiri or Hebrews.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.