Abel Beth Maachah = "meadow of the house of Maachah"

1. city in northern Israel near Beth Maachah

land, earth

1. earth

   1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)

   2. earth (as opposed to heaven)

   3. earth (inhabitants)

2. land

   1. country, territory

   2. district, region

   3. tribal territory

   4. piece of ground

   5. land of Canaan, Israel

   6. inhabitants of land

   7. Sheol, land without return, (under) world

   8. city (-state)

3. ground, surface of the earth

   1. ground

   2. soil

4. (in phrases)

   1. people of the land

   2. space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)

   3. level or plain country

   4. land of the living

   5. end(s) of the earth

5. (almost wholly late in usage)

   1. lands, countries

      1. often in contrast to Canaan

Asshur or Assyria = "a step"

1. the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians

2. the people of Assyria

   proper locative noun

3. the nation, Assyria

4. the land, Assyria or Asshur

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

to go in, enter, come, go, come in

1. (Qal)

   1. to enter, come in

   2. to come

      1. to come with

      2. to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)

      3. to come to pass

   3. to attain to

   4. to be enumerated

   5. to go

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to lead in

   2. to carry in

   3. to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon

   4. to bring to pass

3. (Hophal)

   1. to be brought, brought in

   2. to be introduced, be put

to uncover, remove

1. (Qal)

   1. to uncover

   2. to remove, depart

   3. to go into exile

2. (Niphal)

   1. (reflexive)

      1. to uncover oneself

      2. to discover or show oneself

      3. to reveal himself (of God)

   2. (passive)

      1. to be uncovered

      2. to be disclosed, be discovered

      3. to be revealed

   3. to be removed

3. (Piel)

   1. to uncover (nakedness)

      1. nakedness

      2. general

   2. to disclose, discover, lay bare

   3. to make known, show, reveal

4. (Pual) to be uncovered

5. (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile

6. (Hophal) to be taken into exile

7. (Hithpael)

   1. to be uncovered

   2. to reveal oneself

Galilee = "circuit, district"

1. a territory in Naphtali largely occupied by heathen; a circuit of towns around Kedesh-Naphtali, in which were situated the 20 towns given by Solomon to Hiram king of Tyre as payment for his work in conveying timber from Lebanon to Jerusalem

Gilead = "rocky region"

1. a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called 'Mount Gilead' or the 'land of Gilead' or just 'Gilead'. Divided into north and south Gilead

2. a city (with prefix 'Jabesh')

3. the people of the region

   proper masculine noun

4. son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh

5. father of Jephthah

6. a Gadite

Hazor = "castle"

1. a royal city of northern Palestine allotted to Naphtali

2. one of the cities of Judah in the extreme south

3. a town north of Jerusalem in which the Benjamites resided after the return from exile

4. a site in Arabia

day, time, year

1. day (as opposed to night)

2. day (24 hour period)

   1. as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1

   2. as a division of time

      1. a working day, a day's journey

3. days, lifetime (pl.)

4. time, period (general)

5. year

6. temporal references

   1. today

   2. yesterday

   3. tomorrow

Janoah or Janohah = "He rests"

1. a place apparently in the north of Galilee in Naphtali, taken by Tiglath-pileser in his first incursion into Palestine

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

all, the whole

1. all, the whole of

2. any, each, every, anything

3. totality, everything

to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away

1. (Qal)

   1. to take, take in the hand

   2. to take and carry along

   3. to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away

   4. to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept

   5. to take up or upon, put upon

   6. to fetch

   7. to take, lead, conduct

   8. to take, capture, seize

   9. to take, carry off

   10. to take (vengeance)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be captured

   2. to be taken away, be removed

   3. to be taken, brought unto

3. (Pual)

   1. to be taken from or out of

   2. to be stolen from

   3. to be taken captive

   4. to be taken away, be removed

4. (Hophal)

   1. to be taken unto, be brought unto

   2. to be taken out of

   3. to be taken away

5. (Hithpael)

   1. to take hold of oneself

   2. to flash about (of lightning)

king

Naphtali = "wrestling"

1. the 6th son of Jacob and the 2nd by Bilhah the handmaid of Rachel

2. the tribe descended from Naphtali the son of Jacob

   n pr loc

3. the territory assigned to the tribe of Naphtali

Ijon = "a ruin"

1. a place in the north of Palestine belonging to the tribe of Naphtali

Pekah = "opened"

1. son of Remaliah, originally a captain of king Pekahiah of Israel, murdered Pekahiah, usurped the throne and became the 18th king of the northern kingdom of Israel

Kedesh = "holy place"

1. a city in the extreme south of Judah

   1. same as 'Kadesh' and 'Kadesh-barnea'

2. a city of Issachar allotted to the Gershonite Levites

3. a fortified Canaanite city allotted to Naphtali

4. a city of refuge in Naphtali

Tiglath-pileser or Tilgath-pilneser = "thou will uncover the wonderful bond"

1. an Assyrian king who attacked Samaria or northern kingdom of Israel in the reign of Pekah