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Halah

(Encyclopedia)Halah hāˈlə [key], in the Bible, unidentified region or city of Assyria, N Mesopotamia, to which Israelites were deported. ...

Kirjath-huzoth

(Encyclopedia)Kirjath-huzoth kûrˈjăth-hyo͞oˈzŏth [key], unidentified place E of the Dead Sea. Num. 22.39. ...

Zelah

(Encyclopedia)Zelah zēˈlə [key], in the Bible, unidentified town, central ancient Palestine. The family tomb of Saul was there. ...

Kibroth-hattaavah

(Encyclopedia)Kibroth-hattaavah kĭbˈrŏth-hătāˈāvə [key], in the Bible, unidentified desert camp. There the Israelites were punished with a plague. ...

Bethphage

(Encyclopedia)Bethphage bĕthfāˈjē, –fāj [key], in the New Testament, unidentified place, near Jerusalem, traditionally between Bethany and the Mount of Olives. ...

Roddenberry, Gene

(Encyclopedia)Roddenberry, Gene (Eugene Wesley Roddenberry), 1921–91, American television writer and producer, b. El Paso, Tex. After being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal for flying 89 m...

Ava, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Ava āˈvə [key], in the Bible, an unidentified city of Mesopotamia, perhaps the same as Ivah. Its inhabitants are called Avites. ...

Atad

(Encyclopedia)Atad āˈtăd [key], in the Bible, name of the unidentified threshing floor where Joseph and his brethren mourned the death of Jacob. ...

Kishion

(Encyclopedia)Kishion kĭshˈēŏn [key], in the Bible, unidentified Levitical border town, W of the Sea of Galilee. Alternate forms are Kishon and Kedesh. ...

Nobah

(Encyclopedia)Nobah nōˈbə [key], in the Bible. 1 Hebrew warrior who conquered Kenath. 2 Unidentified desert place, E of ancient Palestine, associated with Gideon. ...