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Moresheth-Gath (Hebrew: מוֹרֶשֶׁת גַּת), also Moreshet-Gat, was a town of the tribe of Judah in ancient Israel mentioned in the Bible. It was located in the Shephelah region between Lachish and Achzib .
Encyclopedia. MORESHETH-GATH. mo'-resh-eth-gath, mo-resh'-eth-gath (moresheth gath, "inheritance or possession of Gath"; Septuagint kleronomias Geth): A place mentioned only in Micah 1:14. It must have been in the vicinity of Gath as the meaning of the name would indicate, and was the home of the prophet Micah ( Micah 1:1 Jeremiah 26:18 ).
Moresheth-Gath. MORESHETH-GATH môr’ ə shĕth găth (Heb. מﯴרֶ֣שֶׁת גַּ֑ת, possession of Gath ), a city mentioned in Micah 1:14. Moresheth is not an appellative, as the old trs. suppose, but the name of a city; the addition Gath is to define more precisely Moresheth’s situation as in the vicinity of Gath, or as belonging to ...
Oct 9, 2023 · Discovering Micah’s Moresheth-Gath. Mentioned only three times in the Bible, the birthplace of the prophet Micah is certainly an enigma, with modern scholars suggesting nearly a dozen archaeological sites as Moresheth-Gath, but none seemed to fit Micah’s description. So could this mysterious town be none other than the biblical site of ...
May 5, 2014 · The name Moresheth-gath occurs only once in the Bible; the prophet Micah mentions it in his sermon on the guilt and future deportation of Judah (Micah 1:14). It's generally assumed that Moresheth-gath is the name of a city somewhere in Judah or environs, but no one else mentions it, and Micah's sermon is spangled with names that seem to not so much refer to existing places but rather to ...
Moresheth-Gath. MORESHETH-GATH (Heb. מוֹרֶשֶׁת גַּת), town of the tribe of Judah in the Shephelah, between Lachish and Achzib. It is mentioned by the prophet Micah, who was born there (Micah 1:1, 14; Jer. 26:18). Later sources (Eusebius, Onom. 134:10: Sozomenus, Historia Ecclesiastica 9:17; Jerome, In Micam 1:10) identify it with a ...
MORESHETH-GATH. mo'-resh-eth-gath, mo-resh'-eth-gath (moresheth gath, "inheritance or possession of Gath"; Septuagint kleronomias Geth): A place mentioned only in Micah 1:14. It must have been in the vicinity of Gath as the meaning of the name would indicate, and was the home of the prophet Micah ( Micah 1:1 Jeremiah 26:18 ).
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