Bible dictionaries

Heshmon

What Bible dictionaries say about “Heshmon”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Heshmon - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Fatness, a town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:27).

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

The article in Easton + Webster 1828

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

hesh'-mon (cheshmon): An unidentified place on the border of Judah toward Edom (Jos 15:27). This may have been the original home of the Hasmoneans.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

(rich soil), a place named, with others, as lying in the extreme south of Judah. (Joshua 15:27)

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

The article in Smith