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NAVE: Siphmoth
EBD: Siphmoth
SMITH: SIPHMOTH
ISBE: SIPHMOTH
Siphmoth
In Bible versions:
Siphmoth: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a town somewhere in southern Judea
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Siphmoth (31° 22´, 35° 4´)
Hebrew
Strongs #08224: twmps Siphmowth
Siphmoth = "fruitful"1) a place in the Nekeb in southern Judah
8224 Siphmowth sif-moth'
feminine plural of 8221; Siphmoth, a place inPalestine:-Siphmoth.
see HEBREW for 08221
Siphmoth [EBD]
fruitful places, some unknown place in the south, where David found friends when he fled from Saul (1 Sam. 30:28).
Siphmoth [NAVE]
SIPHMOTH, a city of Judah, 1 Sam. 30:28.SIPHMOTH [SMITH]
(fruitful), one of the places in the south of Judah which David frequented during his freebooting life. (1 Samuel 30:28)SIPHMOTH [ISBE]
SIPHMOTH - sif'-moth, sif'-moth (siphmoth (Ginsburg), shiphamoth (Baer); Saphei): One of the cities to which David sent presents from Ziklag (1 Sam 30:28). It occurs between Aroer and Eshtemoa, so it must have been somewhere in Southern Judah. The site has not been recovered. Zabdi the Shiphmite (1 Ch 27:27) may quite probably have been a native of this place.