Bible Location
Meaning: den; cave; making empty · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Mearah was the cave or cave-region on the northern boundary of the land. It is important because it belongs to the far northern frame of Israel's territorial horizon. First appears in Josh 13:4.1
Place meaning
den; cave; making empty
Coordinates
33.63, 35.43
First appears
Josh 13:4
AI summary: Mearah matters because even caves and cliff-regions could become boundary markers in biblical geography. The place belongs to the northern edge of the land's remembered extent.1
Place meaning
den; cave; making empty
Latitude
33.63
Longitude
35.43
Bible references
1
A cave, a place in the northern boundary of Palestine (Josh. 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. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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 |
|---|---|
| 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.