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Atad

Buckthorn, a place where Joseph and his brethren, when on their way from Egypt to Hebron with the remains of their father Jacob, made for seven days a “great and very sore lamentation.” On this accou…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

” On this account the Canaanites called it “Abel-mizraim” (Gen. 50:10, 11). It was probably near Hebron. The word is rendered “bramble” in Judg. 9:14, 15, and “thorns” in Ps. 58:9.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(thorn), The threshing-floor of, called also Abel-mizraim, (Genesis 50:10,11) afterwards called Beth-hogla, and known to have lain between the Jordan and Jericho, therefore on the west side of Jordan.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

a thorn

Schaff's Bible Dictionary

A'TAD, THRESHING FLOOR OF. Gen 50:10, Rev 1:11. Its name was changed to Abel-mizraim, which see.

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