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Nazareth April 28th 1839David Roberts (artist), Louis Haghe (lithographer) · 1842

Gath Hepher

גַּת־חֵפֶר/gath-HEE-fer/

“Winepress of the well”

Summary

A town in Zebulun, birthplace of the prophet Jonah.

☩Location and Significance

Gath-hepher was a town on the border of Zebulun in Galilee, identified as the birthplace of the prophet Jonah. Eusebius and Jerome located it about two miles from Sepphoris on the road to Tiberias, where Jonah's tomb was still shown in their day. The site is identified with el-Meshhad, where a Muslim shrine to Jonah still exists.

Key verses:Joshua 19:132 Kings 14:25

Related Verses1 mention

2 Kings· 1 verse

14:25

References

  1. 1.George Morrish, "Gathhepher," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
  2. 2.John McClintock and James Strong, "Gath-hepher," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. III (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  3. 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Gath-Hepher," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).