Reference: Juttah
Easton
extended, a Levitical city in the mountains or hill-country of Judah (Jos 15:55; 21:16). Its modern name is Yutta, a place about 5 1/2 miles south of Hebron. It is supposed to have been the residence of Zacharias and Elisabeth, and the birthplace of John the Baptist, and on this account is annually visited by thousands of pilgrims belonging to the Greek Church (Lu 1:39). (See Mary.)
Fausets
("stretched out.) A city in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:55), allotted to the priests (Jos 21:16). Omitted by copyist's error in 1Ch 6:57-59; now Yutta, near Main (Maon) and Kurmul (Carmel). Herein appears the value of the repetitions of names in parallel passages; the one corrects errors which creep into the other. As Joshua herein supplies the omission in Chronicles, so Chronicles gives Ashan the right reading for Ain in Joshua, as Septuagint prove. In the Egyptian monuments Juttah appears as Jah or Jahn, a fort of the Anakim near Arba or Hebron, In Lu 1:39 "a city of Juda" is a doubtful translation; for Judah or Judaea, the region, has usually the article in Greek (see Lu 1:5-65); and "Juda" had long been superseded by "Judaea." Probably "the city Juttah" or "Juda" is meant, the residence of Zacharias and Elisabeth, and the birthplace of John Baptist. However "Juda" is used of the region of Judah, Mt 2:6.
Morish
Smith
Jut'tah
(stretched out), a city in the mountain region of Judah, in the neighborhood of Maon and Carmel.
The place is now known as Yutta.