Tappuah in the Bible

Meaning: apple; swelling

Exact Match

From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim by its clans.

The border of Manasseh went from Asher to Micmethath which is near Shechem. It then went south toward those who live in Tappuah.

(The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.)

Then Menahem sent destruction on Tappuah and all the people in it, and its limits, from Tirzah, because they would not let him come in; and he had all the women who were with child cut open.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofPregnancyGashing BodiesHarming Pregnant Women

Thematic Bible



Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuach, Enam,

The king of Tappuach: 1 The king of Hepher: 1


From Tappuach, the border proceeded west to the Kanah brook, ending at the Mediterranean Sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim according to their families,

(The territory of Tappuach belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuach itself, on the border of Manasseh, was allocated to the descendants of Ephraim.)


Hebron's descendants were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.


References

Hastings

Easton

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