Bible Location
Meaning: apple; swelling · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Tappuah was the border-town and land district shared between Ephraim and Manasseh. It is important because it shows how one settlement could sit at the intersection of tribal boundaries. First appears in Josh 12:17.1
Place meaning
apple; swelling
Coordinates
32.12, 35.23
First appears
Josh 12:17
AI summary: Tappuah matters because the city and the land around it are distributed with careful distinction. Joshua preserves that complexity, showing how boundaries could divide surrounding territory from the urban center itself. The cross references present Tappuah as a border place of careful tribal definition.1
Place meaning
apple; swelling
Latitude
32.12
Longitude
35.23
Bible references
3
A town on the border of Ephraim (Josh. 16:8). The “land” of Tappuah fell to Manasseh, but the “city” to Ephraim (17:8). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.