Bible Location
Meaning: jawbone · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Lehi was the place in Judah where Samson struck down the Philistines with a jawbone. It is important because the place-name itself is tied to that victory and to God's provision afterward. First appears in Judg 15:9.1
Place meaning
jawbone
Coordinates
31.75, 34.98
First appears
Judg 15:9
AI summary: Lehi matters because story and naming merge there. Samson's improbable victory with the jawbone gives the place its enduring association, and the episode becomes a concentrated picture of strength, desperation, and divine help. The cross references present Lehi as a battlefield-place where deliverance and memory are bound to a striking symbol.1
Place meaning
jawbone
Latitude
31.75
Longitude
34.98
Bible references
3
A jawbone, a place in the tribe of Judah where Samson achieved a victory over the Philistines (Judg. 15:9, 14, 16), slaying a thousand of them with the jawbone of an ass. The words in 15:19, “a hollow place that was in the jaw” (A.V.), should be, as in Revised Version, “the hollow place that is in Lehi.” 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.