Midvash

עַטְרוֹת בֵּית יוֹאָבʻAṭrôwth bêyth Yôwʼâb

Atroth-beth-Joab, a place in Palestine

Pronunciation: at-roth' bayth yoawb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5854

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 3 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:54 The descendants of Salma were the people of Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, the other half of the Manahathites, the Zorites,
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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).