Dictionaries :: Helkath

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Helkath:

smoothness, a town of Asher, on the east border (Jos 19:25; 21:31); called also Hukok (1Ch 6:75).

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Helkath:

hel'-kath (chelqath (Jos 19:25); chelqath (Jos 21:31); by a scribal error chuqoq (1Ch 6:75)): A town or district on the border of Asher, assigned to the Levites; unidentified.

Nave's Topical Bible

Helkath: Name Of

Called also Hukok

Helkath: A Levitical Town

1Ch 6:75; Jos 19:25; 21:31

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Helkath:

(portion) the town named as the starting‐point for the boundary of the tribe of Asher (Joshua 19:25) and allotted with its "suburbs" to the Gershonite Levites (Joshua 21:31). Perhaps Yerka, seven miles from Acre.