עֲנָתוֹתʻĂnâthôwth
Anathoth, the name of two Israelites, also of a place in Pal
Pronunciation: an-aw-thoth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6068
Meanings
1. approximately 3 miles north-northeast from Jerusalem (Isaiah 10:30; 1 Kings 2:26; Jeremiah 1:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 15 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 21:18 Anathoth, and Almon—four towns.
- 1 Kings 2:26 Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your home in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not kill you now, because you carried the Ark of the Sovereign Lord for David my father and you shared all his hardships.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:60 And from the territory of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, each with its pasturelands. So thirteen towns were given to the descendants of Aaron.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8 The sons of Beker were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.
- Ezra 2:23 The people of Anathoth 128
- Nehemiah 7:27 The people of Anathoth 128
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).