Easton

scabby; itch. (1.) One of David's warriors (2Sa 23:38), an Ithrite.

(2.) A hill near Jerusalem (Jer 31:39), probably the hill of lepers, and consequently a place outside the boundary of the city.

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Fausets

1. 2Sa 23:38; 1Ch 2:55.

2. The hill near Jerusalem (Jer 31:39). From Hebrew gaarab "to scrape," Syriac, leprosy, the locality outside the city to which lepers were removed, on the N.W. side of the city, W. of the valley of Gihon. Even the localities whose name implies they are now outside shall at last be taken within the new Jerusalem (Mt 8:14; Lu 17:11-19).

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Hastings

1. One of David's 'Thirty' (2Sa 23:38; 1Ch 11:40). 2. A hill near Jerusalem (Jer 31:39). Its situation is uncertain, being located by some to the S. W., while others place it to the N., of the capital. At the present day there is a Wady Gourab to the W. of Jerusalem.