Rakkath

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Rakkath

(shore), a fortified city in the tribe of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:35) It was on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, not far from the warm baths of Tiberias.

Shore-town, a "fenced city" of the tribe of Naphtali (Joshua 19:35). The old name of Tiberias, according to the Rabbins. RAKKATH

rak'-ath (raqqath; Codex Vaticanus Omathadaketh; Codex Alexandrinus Rhekkath): The Greek is obviously the result of confusing the two names Rakkath and Hammath, taking "r" in the former for "d". Rakkath was one of the fortified cities in Naphtali (Joshua 19:35). It is named between Hammath and Chinnereth. Hammath is identified with the hot baths to the South of Tiberias. There are traces of ancient fortifications here. The rabbis think that Tiberias was built on the site of Rakkath. Certain it is that Herod's town was built upon an ancient site, the graves of the old inhabitants being disturbed in digging the new foundations (Neubauer, Geog. du Talmud, 208).

W. Ewing

7557. Raqqath -- a city in Naphtali
... 7556, 7557. Raqqath. 7558 . a city in Naphtali. Transliteration: Raqqath Phonetic
Spelling: (rak-kath') Short Definition: Rakkath. ... Rakkath. ...
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Tiberias.
... Jews declare, almost with one consent, that this was a fortified city from ancient
times, even from the days of Joshua, and was the same with Rakkath, of which ...
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Chammath. Ammaus. The Warm Baths of Tiberias.
... Chammath and Rakkath are joined together, Joshua 19:35. ... "Rabbah said, Chammath is
the same with the warm baths of Gadara, and Rakkath is Tiberias.". ...
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Rakkath (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. RAKKATH. ... There are traces of ancient fortifications
here. The rabbis think that Tiberias was built on the site of Rakkath. ...
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Tiberias (3 Occurrences)
... It is said to have been founded by Herod Antipas (AD 16), on the site of the ruins
of an older city called Rakkath, and to have been thus named by him after ...
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Chinnereth (4 Occurrences)
... Codex Alexandrinus, Cheneroth (Joshua 11:2)): Taking the order in which the towns
are mentioned, this city seems to have lain North of Rakkath (?Tiberias). ...
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Hammath (2 Occurrences)
... Chronicles 2:55). (2) One of the fenced cities of Naphtali, named with Zer,
Rakkath and Chinnereth (Joshua 19:35). It is doubtless ...
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Ziddim-zer (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Ziddim-zer (1 Occurrence). Joshua 19:35 And the fortified
cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, (See JPS). ...
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Zer (1 Occurrence)
... Zer (1 Occurrence). Joshua 19:35 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath,
Rakkath, Chinnereth, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Ziddim (1 Occurrence)
... Ziddim (1 Occurrence). Joshua 19:35 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath,
Rakkath, Chinnereth, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Kinnereth (7 Occurrences)
... Jordan eastward. (See NIV). Joshua 19:35 The fortified cities were Ziddim,
Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, (See NIV). 1 Kings 15 ...
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Walled (63 Occurrences)
... Heleb and Achzib; (BBE). Joshua 19:35 And the walled towns are Ziddim, Zer,
and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth (BBE). 1 Samuel 6:18 ...
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Fenced (61 Occurrences)
... coast to Achzib, (YLT). Joshua 19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer,
and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, (KJV). 1 Samuel 6:18 ...
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