Beth-nimrah

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Beth-nimrah

Beth-nimrah [N]

house of rebellion
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[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
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Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Beth-nimrah'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Smith's Bible Dictionary - Beth-nimrah

Beth-nimrah

(house of leopards ) one of the fenced cities on the east of Jordan taken and built by the tribe of Gad ( Numbers 32:36 ) and described as being in the valley beside Beth-haran. ( Joshua 13:27 ) In ( Numbers 32:3 ) it is called simply NIMRAH. The name still survives in the modern Nahr Nimrim, above Jericho on the Jordan.

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Bethnimrah'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.