Bible Dictionary

Naarath

Girl, a town on the boundary between Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:7), not far probably from Jericho, to the north (1 Chr. 7:28).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Girl, a town on the boundary between Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:7), not far probably from Jericho, to the north (1 Chr. 7:28).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(juvenile) (the Hebrew is equivalent to Naarah, which is therefore the real form of the name), a place named (Joshua 16:7) only as one of the landmarks on the southern boundary of Ephraim.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

NA'ARATH (girl, handmaid), a town of Ephraim, Josh 16:7; probably in the Jordan valley, above Jericho. Eusebius speaks of it as Oorath, a village 5 miles from Jericho, and Josephus mentions that Herod drew off part of the waters from the village of Neara to water the palm trees he had planted. Conder, therefore, suggests that the site of Naarath is to be found in el 'Aujeh, near Jericho, where are a ruin and remains of an ancient aqueduct.