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Village

(Judg. 5:7, 11). This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H3723, H3726, G2968, G2969, H2699, H6518, H6520, H6521
Hebrew
כָּפָר · kâphâr
Greek
κώμη · kōmē

Strong’s and original-language information

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כָּפָר

H3726
Transliteration
Kᵉphar hâ-ʻAmmôwnîy
Pronunciation
kef-ar' haw-am-monee'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

village, village of the Ammonites, Chefarhaamonai.

Lexicon definition

Kefar-ha-Ammoni, a place in Palestine

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κώμη

G2968
Transliteration
kōmē
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-F
Indexed occurrences
27

Glosses

village, town, village

Lexicon definition

κώμη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for בַּת, חָצֵר, עִיר, etc. ;] a village or country town, prop, as opposite to a walled city: Mat.14:15, Mrk.6:6, al.; πόλεις καὶ κ., Mat.9:35, al.; with the name added, Βηθλεέμ, Jhn.7:42; Βηθανΐα, Jhn.11:1; with the name of the district, τὰς κ. Καισαρίας, Mrk.8:27; Σαμαρειτῶν, Luk.9:52, Act.8:25 (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κωμόπολις

G2969
Transliteration
kōmopolis
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-F
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

village, town

Lexicon definition

κωμόπολις, -εως, ἡ a country town: Mrk.1:38 (see Swete, in l).† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

פְּרָזוֹן

H6520
Transliteration
pᵉrâzôwn
Pronunciation
per-aw-zone'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

village.

Lexicon definition

magistracy, i.e. leadership (also concretely, chieftains)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בַּת

H1323
Transliteration
bath
Pronunciation
bath
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
587

Glosses

apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.

Lexicon definition

a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בַּת

H1324
Transliteration
bath
Pronunciation
bath
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
13

Glosses

bath.

Lexicon definition

a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בַּת

H1325
Transliteration
bath
Pronunciation
bath
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

bath.

Lexicon definition

{a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids}

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

חָצֵר

H2691
Transliteration
châtsêr
Pronunciation
khaw-tsare'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
191

Glosses

court, tower, village.

Lexicon definition

a yard (as inclosed by a fence)

also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עִיר

H5892
Transliteration
ʻîyr
Pronunciation
eer
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1,096

Glosses

Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

Lexicon definition

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עִיר

H5894
Transliteration
ʻîyr
Pronunciation
eer
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

watcher.

Lexicon definition

a watcher, i.e. an angel (as guardian)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Villages

(Judg. 5:7, 11). The Hebrew word thus rendered (perazon) means habitations in the open country, unwalled villages (Deut. 3:5; 1 Sam. 6:18). Others, however, following the LXX. and the Vulgate versions, render the word "rulers."

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Village

Indexed occurrences: 20

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Strong's Concordance

Villages

Indexed occurrences: 95

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All Scripture references116 references

Genesis 1

Leviticus 1

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 33

Judges 3

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 2

Nehemiah 11

Esther 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 4

Jonah 1

Matthew 4

Mark 9

Luke 14

John 3

Acts 1

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Ancient Context13 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

The Destruction That Came Upon The Philistines, And Upon Their Land, By The Wrath Of Go On Account Of Their Having Carried The Ark Away Captive; And After What Manner They Sent It Back To The Hebrews.

Antiquities Book 6, Chapter 1

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Insurrection Of Absalom Against David And Concerning Ahithophel And Hushai; And Concerning Ziba And Shimei; And How Ahithophel Hanged Himself.

Antiquities Book 7, Chapter 9

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Judas Overthrew The Forces Of Apollonius And Seron And Killed The Generals Of Their Armies Themselves; And How When, A Little While Afterwards Lysias And Gorgias Were Beaten He Went Up To Jerusalem And Purified The Temple.

Antiquities Book 12, Chapter 7

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Bacchides, The General Of Demetrius's Army, Made An Expedition Against Judea, And Returned Without Success; And How Nicanor Was Sent A Little Afterward Against Judas And Perished, Together With His Army; As Also Concerning The Death Of Alcimus And The Succession Of Judas.

Antiquities Book 12, Chapter 10

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

That Bacchides Was Again Sent Out Against Judas; And How Judas Fell As He Was Courageously Fighting.

Antiquities Book 12, Chapter 11

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Herod Sailed Out Of Italy To Judea, And Fought With Antigonus And What Other Things Happened In Judea About That Time.

Antiquities Book 14, Chapter 15

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning Zamaris, The Babylonian Jew; Concerning The Plots Laid By Antipater Against His Father; And Somewhat About The Pharisees.

Antiquities Book 17, Chapter 2

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

A Sedition Against Sabinus; And How Varus Brought The Authors Of It To Punishment.

Antiquities Book 17, Chapter 10

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Archelaus Upon A Second Accusation, Was Banished To Vienna.

Antiquities Book 17, Chapter 13

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Herod And Philip Built Several Cities In Honor Of Cæsar. Concerning The Succession Of Priests And Procurators; As Also What Befell Phraates And The Parthians.

Antiquities Book 18, Chapter 2

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How The Samaritans Made A Tumult And Pilate Destroyed Many Of Them; How Pilate Was Accused And What Things Were Done By Vitellius Relating To The Jews And The Parthians.

Antiquities Book 18, Chapter 4

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

What Befell The Jews That Were In Babylon On Occasion Of Asineus And Anileus, Two Brethren.

Antiquities Book 18, Chapter 9

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How There Happened A Quarrel Between The Jews And The Samaritans; And How Claudius Put An End To Their Differences.

Antiquities Book 20, Chapter 6

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Abel-cheramim

(Judg. 11:33, R.V.; A. V., "plain of the vineyards"), a village of the Ammonites, whither Jephthah pursued their forces.

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Ananiah

Protected by Yahweh, the name of a town in the tribe of Benjamin between Nob and Hazor (Neh. 11:32). It is probably the modern Beit Hanina, a small village 3 miles north of Jerusalem.

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Baal-hazor

Having a courtyard, or Baal's village, the place on the borders of Ephraim and Benjamin where Absalom held the feast of sheep-shearing when Amnon was assassinated (2 Sam. 13:23). Probably it is the same with Hazor (Neh. 11:33), now Tell' Asur, 5 miles north-east of Bethel.

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Bashan-havoth-jair

The Bashan of the villages of Jair, the general name given to Argob by Jair, the son of Manasseh (Deut. 3:14), containing sixty cities with walls and brazen gates (Josh. 13:30; 1 Kings 4:13). (See [50]ARGOB.)

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Beth-anath

House of response, one of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38). It is perhaps identical with the modern village Ainata, 6 miles west of Kedesh.

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Beth-phage

House of the unripe fig, a village on the Mount of Olives, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho (Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29), and very close to Bethany. It was the limit of a Sabbath-day's journey from Jerusalem, i.e., 2,000 cubits. It has been identified with the modern Kefr-et-Tur.

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Chesalon

Strength; confidence, a place on the border of Judah, on the side of Mount Jearim (Josh. 15:10); probably identified with the modern village of Kesla, on the western mountains of Judah.

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Daughter

This word, besides its natural and proper sense, is used to designate, (1.) A niece or any female descendant (Gen. 20:12; 24:48; 28:6). (2.) Women as natives of a place, or as professing the religion of a place; as, "the daughters of Zion" (Isa. 3:16), "daughters of the Philistines" (2 Sam. 1:20). (3.) Small towns and villages lying around a city are its "daughters," as related to the metropolis or mother city. Tyre is in this sense called the daughter of Sidon (Isa. 23:12). (4.) The people of Jerusalem are spoken of as "the daughters of Zion" (Isa. 37:22). (5.) The daughters of a tree are its boughs (Gen. 49:22). (6.) The "daughters of music" (Eccl. 12:4) are singing women.

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Fenced cities

There were in Palestine (1) cities, (2) unwalled villages, and (3) villages with castles or towers (1 Chr. 27:25). Cities, so called, had walls, and were thus fenced. The fortifications consisted of one or two walls, on which were towers or parapets at regular intervals (2 Chr. 32:5; Jer. 31:38). Around ancient Jerusalem were three walls, on one of which were ninety towers, on the second fourteen, and on the third sixty. The tower of Hananeel, near the north-east corner of the city wall, is frequently referred to (Neh. 3:1; 12:39; Zech. 14:10). The gateways of such cities were also fortified (Neh. 2:8; 3:3, 6; Judg. 16:2, 3; 1 Sam. 23:7). The Hebrews found many fenced cities when they entered the Promised Land (Num. 13:28; 32:17, 34-42; Josh. 11:12, 13; Judg. 1:27-33), and we may estimate the strength of some of these cities from the fact that they were long held in possession by the Canaanites. The Jebusites, e.g., were enabled to hold possession of Jerusalem till the time of David (2 Sam. 5:6, 7; 1 Chr. 11:5). Several of the kings of Israel and Judah distinguished themselves as fortifiers or "builders" of cities.

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Field

(Heb. sadeh), a cultivated field, but unenclosed. It is applied to any cultivated ground or pasture (Gen. 29:2; 31:4; 34:7), or tillage (Gen. 37:7; 47:24). It is also applied to woodland (Ps. 132:6) or mountain top (Judg. 9:32, 36; 2 Sam. 1:21). It denotes sometimes a cultivated region as opposed to the wilderness (Gen. 33:19; 36:35). Unwalled villages or scattered houses are spoken of as "in the fields" (Deut. 28:3, 16; Lev. 25:31; Mark 6:36, 56). The "open field" is a place remote from a house (Gen. 4:8; Lev. 14:7, 53; 17:5). Cultivated land of any extent was called a field (Gen. 23:13, 17; 41:8; Lev. 27:16; Ruth 4:5; Neh. 12:29).

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Fish

Called dag by the Hebrews, a word denoting great fecundity (Gen. 9:2; Num. 11:22; Jonah 2:1, 10). No fish is mentioned by name either in the Old or in the New Testament. Fish abounded in the Mediterranean and in the lakes of the Jordan, so that the Hebrews were no doubt acquainted with many species. Two of the villages on the shores of the Sea of Galilee derived their names from their fisheries, Bethsaida (the "house of fish") on the east and on the west. There is probably no other sheet of water in the world of equal dimensions that contains such a variety and profusion of fish. About thirty-seven different kinds have been found. Some of the fishes are of a European type, such as the roach, the barbel, and the blenny; others are markedly African and tropical, such as the eel-like silurus. There was a regular fish-market apparently in Jerusalem (2 Chr. 33:14; Neh. 3:3; 12:39; Zeph. 1:10), as there was a fish-gate which was probably contiguous to it. Sidon is the oldest fishing establishment known in history.

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Gath-hepher

Wine-press of the well, a town of Lower Galilee, about 5 miles from Nazareth; the birthplace of Jonah (2 Kings 14:25); the same as Gittah-hepher (Josh. 19:13). It has been identified with the modern el-Meshed, a village on the top of a rocky hill. Here the supposed tomb of Jonah, Neby Yunas, is still pointed out.

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Havoth-jair

the villages that enlighten

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Hazar-enan

Village of fountains, a place on the north-east frontier of Palestine (Num. 34:9, 10). Some have identified it with Ayan ed-Dara in the heart of the central chain of Anti-Libanus. More probably, however, it has been identified with Kuryetein, about 60 miles east-north-east of Damascus. (Comp. Ezek. 47:17; 48:1.)

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Hazar-gaddah

Village of fortune, a city on the south border of Judah (Josh. 15:27), midway between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Hazar-hatticon

middle village; preparation

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Hazerim

Villages, probably the name of the temporary villages in which the nomad Avites resided (Deut. 2:23).

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Hazeroth

villages; palaces

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Helbon

Fat; i.e., "fertile", (Ezek. 27: 18 only), a place whence wine was brought to the great market of Tyre. It has been usually identified with the modern Aleppo, called Haleb by the native Arabs, but is more probably to be found in one of the villages in the Wady Helbon, which is celebrated for its grapes, on the east slope of Anti-Lebanon, north of the river Barada (Abana).

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Kartan

Double city, a town of Naphali, assigned to the Gershonite Levites, and one of the cities of refuge (Josh. 21:32). It was probably near the north-western shore of the Sea of Tiberias, identical with the ruined village el-Katanah.

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Perizzites

dwelling in villages

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Philistines

those who dwell in villages

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Shaalabbin

Or Shaal'bim, a place of foxes, a town of the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:42; Judg. 1:35). It was one of the chief towns from which Solomon drew his supplies (1 Kings 4:9). It is probably the modern village of Selbit, 3 miles north of Ajalon.

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Shimron

Watch-post, an ancient city of the Canaanites; with its villages, allotted to Zebulun (Josh. 19:15); now probably Semunieh, on the northern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, 5 miles west of Nazareth.

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Siloam, Tower of

Mentioned only Luke 13:4. The place here spoken of is the village now called Silwan, or Kefr Silwan, on the east of the valley of Kidron, and to the north-east of the pool. It stands on the west slope of the Mount of Olives. As illustrative of the movement of small bands of Canaanites from place to place, and the intermingling of Canaanites and Israelites even in small towns in earlier times, M.C. Ganneau records the following curious fact: "Among the inhabitants of the village (of Siloam) there are a hundred or so domiciled for the most part in the lower quarter, and forming a group apart from the rest, called Dhiabrye, i.e., men of Dhiban. It appears that at some remote period a colony from the capital of king Mesha (Dibon-Moab) crossed the Jordan and fixed itself at the gates of Jerusalem at Silwan. The memory of this migration is still preserved; and I am assured by the people themselves that many of their number are installed in other villages round Jerusalem" (quoted by Henderson, Palestine).

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Villages

(Judg. 5:7, 11). The Hebrew word thus rendered (perazon) means habitations in the open country, unwalled villages (Deut. 3:5; 1 Sam. 6:18). Others, however, following the LXX. and the Vulgate versions, render the word "rulers."

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Wall

Cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from "unwalled villages" (Ezek. 38:11; Lev. 25:29-34). They were made thick and strong (Num. 13:28; Deut. 3:5). Among the Jews walls were built of stone, some of those in the temple being of great size (1 Kings 6:7; 7:9-12; 20:30; Mark 13:1, 2). The term is used metaphorically of security and safety (Isa. 26:1; 60:18; Rev. 21:12-20). (See [661]FENCE.)

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Yeshebi

The Hebrew word rendered "inhabitants" in Josh. 17:7, but probably rather the name of the village Yeshepheh, probably Yassuf, 8 miles south of Shechem.

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Zaanaim

Wanderings; the unloading of tents, so called probably from the fact of nomads in tents encamping amid the cities and villages of that region, a place in the north-west of Lake Merom, near Kedesh, in Naphtali. Here Sisera was slain by Jael, "the wife of Heber the Kenite," who had pitched his tent in the "plain [R.V., 'as far as the oak'] of Zaanaim" (Judg. 4:11). It has been, however, suggested by some that, following the LXX. and the Talmud, the letter b, which in Hebrew means "in," should be taken as a part of the word following, and the phrase would then be "unto the oak of Bitzanaim," a place which has been identified with the ruins of Bessum, about half-way between Tiberias and Mount Tabor.

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