Dictionaries :: Mearah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Mearah:

a cave, a place in the northern boundary of Palestine (Jos 13:4). This may be the cave of Jezzin in Lebanon, 10 miles east of Sidon, on the Damascus road; or probably, as others think, Mogheirizeh, north-east of Sidon.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Mearah:

den; cave; making empty

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Mearah:

me-a'-ra (me‘arah; omitted in the Septuagint): A town or district mentioned only in Jos 13:4, as belonging to the Zidonians. The name as it stands means "cave." If that is correct it may be represented by the modern village Mogheiriyeh, "little cave," not far from Sidon. Perhaps, however, we should find in the word the name of a Sidonian city, with the preposition min, that has suffered change in transcription. Septuagint reads "from Gaza"; but Gaza is obviously too far to the South.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Mearah:

(a cave) a place named in Joshua 13:4 only. The word means in Hebrew a cave, and it is commonly assumed that the reference is to some remarkable cavern in the neighborhood of Zidon.