Mephaath:
splendour, a Levitical city (Jos 21:37) of the tribe of Reuben (13:18).
Mephaath:
appearance, or force, of waters
Mephaath:
mef'-a-ath, me-fa'-ath (mephaath and meyphaath, mophaath; Codex Vaticanus, Maiphaath, Mephaath): A city of the Amorites in the territory allotted to Reuben, named with Kedemoth and Kiriathaim (Jos 13:18), and given to the Merarite Levites (Jos 21:37; 1Ch 6:79). It appears again as a Moabite town in Jer 48:21. It was known to Eusebius and Jerome (Onom) as occupied by a Roman garrison, but the site has been lost.
Mephaath:
(splendor height) city of the Reubenites, one of the towns independently an Heshhon (Joshua 13:18) lying in the district of the Mishor (compare verse Joshua 13:17 and Jeremiah 48:21 Authorized Version "plain," which probably answered to the modern Belka. It was one of the cities allotted with their suburbs to the Merarite Levites (Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79). Its site is uncertain.
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