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Ahlab
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Ahlab: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a Canaanite town in Asher
made of milk, or of fat; brother of the heart
made of milk, or of fat; brother of the heart
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Ahlab (33° 1´, 35° 26´)
Hebrew
Strongs #0303: blxa 'Achlab
Ahlab = "fertile place"1) a town allotted to Asher, site presently unknown
303 'Achlab akh-lawb'
from the same root as 2459; fatness (i.e. fertile); Achlab, aplace in Palestine:-Ahlab.
see HEBREW for 02459
Ahlab [EBD]
fatness, a town of Asher lying within the unconquered Phoenician border (Judg. 1:31), north-west of the Sea of Galilee; commonly identified with Giscala, now el-Jish.
Ahlab [NAVE]
AHLAB, a city of Asher, the original inhabitants of which were not expelled, Judg. 1:31.AHLAB [SMITH]
(fertile), a city of Asher from which the Canaanites were not driven out. (Judges 1:31)AHLAB [ISBE]
AHLAB - a'-lab ('achlabh, "fat or fruitful"): A town of Asher. It is clear, however, that the Israelites failed to drive away the original inhabitants (Jdg 1:31). Some have identified Ahlab with Gush Halab or Geschila, Northwest of the Sea of Galilee.