Bible Location
Meaning: vain; void; mountain of enjoyment · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Rakkon was a coastal town in Dan's inheritance near Joppa and the Yarkon waters. It is important because it belongs to Dan's original western allotment on the Mediterranean edge. First appears in Josh 19:46.1
Place meaning
vain; void; mountain of enjoyment
Coordinates
32.13, 34.79
First appears
Josh 19:46
AI summary: Rakkon matters because Dan's earliest geography was coastal and lowland before later displacement northward. The town belongs to the western maritime frontier of the tribe.1
Place meaning
vain; void; mountain of enjoyment
Latitude
32.13
Longitude
34.79
Bible references
1
A place upon the shore, a town belonging to Dan (Josh. 19:46). It is now Tell er-Rakkeit, 6 miles north of Joppa, on the sea-shore, near the mouth of the river ‘Aujeh, i.e., “yellow water.” (See KANAH.) 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.
| Book | Cross-References |
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| Josh |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
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.