Tappuah

apple; swelling

Tappuah

1. Now Teffuh, a town among the hills northwest of Hebron, Joshua 1:17; 15:53.

2. Another city of Judah, southwest of Hebron, Joshua 15:34.

3. A town on the line of Ephraim and Manesseh, Joshua 15:34.

4. A descendant of Caleb, 1 Chronicles 2:43.

TAPPUAH (1)

tap'-u-a, ta-pu'-a (tappuach, "apple"):

(1) A royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was slain by Joshua (12:17). It is named between Beth-el and Hepher, and may possibly be identical with the city named in Joshua 16:8; see (3) below. There is nothing to guide us to a decision.

(2) (Omitted by Septuagint.) A city in the Shephelah of Judah (Joshua 15:34). It is named between Engannim and Enam in a group of cities that lay in the Northwest of the territory of Judah. Tristram suggested identification with `Artuf, about 1 1/2 miles Southeast of Zorah. G.A. Smith places it in Wady el `Afranj, possibly identifying it with Tuffuch, fully 4 miles West of Hebron. This position, however, is not in the Shephelah. The place probably represents "Beth-tappuah" of Joshua 15:53. No quite satisfactory identification has yet been suggested.

(3) A place on the border between Ephraim and Manasseh (Joshua 16:8). "The land of Tappuah," i.e. the land adjoining the town, belonged to Manasseh, but the town itself belonged to Ephraim (Joshua 17:8). En-tappuah was probably a neighboring spring. Tappuah was to the South of Michmethath, and the border ran from here westward to the brook Kanah. Some would place it at Khirbet `Atuf, about 11 miles Northeast of Nablus. More probably it should be sought to the Southwest of the plain of Makhneh (Michmethath). It may be identical with Tephon, which, along with Timnath, Pharathon, and other cities, Bacchides fortified "with high walls and gates and bars" (1 Maccabees 9:50). No identification is possible.

W. Ewing

TAPPUAH (2)

(Tappuach; Codex Vaticanus Thapous; Codex Alexandrinus Thaphphou; Lucian, Phethrouth): A "son" of Hebron (1 Chronicles 2:43).

Apple-region.

(1.) A town in the valley or lowland of Judah; formerly a royal city of the Canaanites (Joshua 12:17; 15:34). It is now called Tuffuh, about 12 miles west of Jerusalem.

(2.) A town on the border of Ephraim (Joshua 16:8). The "land" of Tappuah fell to Manasseh, but the "city" to Ephraim (17:8).

(3.) En-tappuah, the well of the apple, probably one of the springs near Yassuf (Joshua 17:7).

5887. En Tappuach -- "place of an apple tree," a city in Ephraim
... "place of an apple tree," a city in Ephraim. Transliteration: En Tappuach Phonetic
Spelling: (ane tap-poo'-akh) Short Definition: En-tappuah. ... En-tappuah. ...
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8599. Tappuach -- A city in Judah, also a city on the border ...
... Manasseh. Transliteration: Tappuach Phonetic Spelling: (tap-poo'-akh) Short
Definition: Tappuah. Word Origin ... Tappuah (5). Tappuah. The ...
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1054. Beth-tappuach -- "place of apples," a place in Judah
... "place of apples," a place in Judah. Transliteration: Beth-tappuach Phonetic Spelling:
(bayth tap-poo'-akh) Short Definition: Beth-tappuah. ... Beth-tappuah. ...
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8600b. Tappuach -- a son of Hebron
... a son of Hebron. Transliteration: Tappuach Short Definition: Tappuah. Word Origin
from naphach Definition a son of Hebron NASB Word Usage Tappuah (1). ...
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