עַטְרוֹת אַדָּרʻAṭrôwth ʼAddâr
Atroth-Addar, a place in Palestine
Pronunciation: at-roth' ad-dawr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5853
Meanings
1. East of Jordan
a. approximately 8 miles north-northwest from Dibon (Numbers 32:3; Numbers 32:34)
b. site unknown (Numbers 32:35)
2. west of Jordan
a. on border between Ephraim and Benjamin (Joshua 16:2; Joshua 16:5; Joshua 18:13)
b. on east border of Ephraim (Joshua 16:7)
c. in Judah; a 'son' of Salma (+ Bethlehem, al.) (1 Chronicles 2:54)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 16:5 The following territory was given to the clans of the tribe of Ephraim. The boundary of their homeland began at Ataroth-addar in the east. From there it ran to Upper Beth-horon,
- Joshua 18:13 From there the boundary went south to Luz (that is, Bethel) and proceeded down to Ataroth-addar on the hill that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).