Bible Location
Meaning: a grape; a knot · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Anab was a hill-country town of Judah from which Joshua expelled Anakim. It is important because it appears in the southern conquest and later in Judah's settlement lists. First appears in Josh 11:21.1
AI summary: Anab's significance lies in the way it ties conquest memory to the giant traditions of the south. Joshua names it among the places cleared of Anakim, giving the town a role in the overcoming of intimidating strongholds. The cross references present Anab as a southern hill-town of conquest and settled inheritance.1
Grape-town, one of the cities in the mountains of Judah, from which Joshua expelled the Anakim (Josh. 11:21; 15:50). It still retains its ancient name. It lies among the hills, 10 miles south-south-west of Hebron. 3
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.