Lexical Summary Cheres: a mountain East of the Jordan, also dwelling place of the Amorites Original Word: חֶרֶסTransliteration: Cheres Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-res) Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: a mountain East of the Jordan, also dwelling place of the Amorites Meaning: Heres -- a mountain East of the Jordan, also dwelling place of the Amorites Strong's Concordance Heres The same as cherec; shining; Cheres, a mountain in Palestine -- Heres. see HEBREW cherec Brown-Driver-Briggs H2776. Cheres II. [חֶ֫רֶס] proper name, of a location 1. abode of Amorites, וּבְשַׁעַלְבִֿים בְּאַיָּלוֺן בְּהַרחֶֿרֶס Judges 1:35, since חֶרֶס sun = שֶׁמֶשׁ, perhaps = שֶׁמֶשׁ בֵּית 1 (q. v.), so Stu (who proposes חֶרֶס עִיר = עָר), Ke Be BuRS 17 Öttli Bla; ᵐ5 ἐν τῷ [ὄρει τοῦ] Μυρσινῶνι (-ος) = הֲדַס הַר. 2 place east of Jordan הֶחָ֑רֶס מִלְמַעֲלֵה Judges 8:13 from the ascent of Heres, ᵐ5 Αρες; the point whence Gideon turned back from pursuing Midian; Aq Symm read הֶהָרִים (see LagOnom. 96, 2nd ed. 131) so SS. — תִּמְנַתחֶֿרֶס 2:9 see below תִּמְנַת, √ מנה. III. חרסות חַרְסִית, חֶרֶס, see below חרשׂ. חרע (√ of following; perhaps compare Aramaic Ethpa`al be clever, shrewd, especially in bad sense; Arabic split, VIII. originate, invent). |
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