Jattir

a remnant; excellent

Jattir

(pre-eminent), a town of Judah in the mountain districts, (Joshua 15:48) one of the group containing Socho, Eshtemoa, etc. See also (Joshua 21:14; 1 Samuel 30:27; 1 Chronicles 6:57) By Robinson it is identified with Attir , six miles north of Molada and ten miles south of Hebron.

Pre-eminent, a city in the mountains of Judah (Joshua 15:48; 21:14). JATTIR

jat'-er (yattir, and yattir): A town in the hill country of Judah, mentioned in conjunction with Shamir and Socoh (Joshua 15:48); one of the cities given to the "children of Aaron the priest" (Joshua 21:14 1 Chronicles 6:57). David after his victory over the Amalekites sent a present of the spoil from Ziklag "to them that were in Jattir" (1 Samuel 30:27).

It is now Khirbet `Attir, an important ruin, in the extreme South of the hill country, 5 miles Southeast of edh Dhariyeh and 20 miles Southeast of Belt Jibrin. This must Correspond to the "very large village Jethira" which is mentioned in Eusebius, Onomasticon (119 27; 133 3; 134 24, etc.) as 20 miles Southeast of Eleutheropolis (i.e. Beit Jibrin). The site is full of caves. See PEF, III, 408, Sh XXV.

E. W. G. Masterman

3492. Yattir -- a city in Judah
... 3491, 3492. Yattir. 3493 . a city in Judah. Transliteration: Yattir Phonetic
Spelling: (yat-teer') Short Definition: Jattir. ... Jattir. ...
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The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 6. <. ...
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Jattir (4 Occurrences)
...JATTIR. ... David after his victory over the Amalekites sent a present of the spoil
from Ziklag "to them that were in Jattir" (1 Samuel 30:27). ...
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Jairite (1 Occurrence)
... Septuagint, Lucian, and Syriac suggest yattiri, "Jattirite," ie a native of Jattir
mentioned in 1 Samuel 30:27 as one of the towns friendly to David when he ...
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Eshtemo'a (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Eshtemo'a (5 Occurrences). Joshua 21:14 and Jattir with
the open land about it, and Eshtemoa with the open land about it; (See RSV). ...
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Eshtemoa (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Eshtemoa (5 Occurrences). Joshua 21:14 Jattir with its
suburbs, Eshtemoa with its suburbs, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). ...
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Shamir (4 Occurrences)
... SHAMIR (1). sha'-mer (shamir; Sameir): (1) Mentioned along with Jattir and Socoh
(Joshua 15:48) as one of the cities of Judah in the hill country. ...
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Socoh (4 Occurrences)
... The Sucathites (1 Chronicles 2:55) were probably inhabitants of Soco. (2) A city
of Judah in the South, associated (Joshua 15:48) with Shamir and Jattir. ...
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Suburbs (75 Occurrences)
... ASV DBY WBS YLT). Joshua 21:14 Jattir with its suburbs, Eshtemoa with its
suburbs, (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). Joshua 21:15 Holon with ...
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Javan (12 Occurrences)

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Pasture (120 Occurrences)
... Joshua 21:14 Jattir with its suburbs, Eshtemoa with its suburbs, (See NAS RSV).
Joshua 21:15 Holon with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs, (See NAS RSV). ...
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Lands (226 Occurrences)
... lands; (BBE NAS RSV). Joshua 21:14 And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa
with its grass-lands; (BBE NAS RSV). Joshua 21:15 And ...
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