Bible dictionaries

Shebarim

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

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Shebarim - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Breaks; ruins, a place near Ai (Josh. 7:5; R.V. marg., "the quarries").

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

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

sheb'-a-rim, she-ba'-rim (ha-shebharim; sunetripsan): After the repulse of the first attack on their city the men of Ai chased the Israelites "even unto Shebarim" (Jos 7:5). the Revised Version margin reads "the quarries"; so Keil, Steuernagel, etc. Septuagint reads "until they were broken," i.e. until the rout was complete. The direction of the flight was of course from Ai toward Gilgal in the Jordan valley. No trace of such name has yet been found.

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

(the breaches), a place named in (Joshua 7:5) only, as one of the points in the flight from Ai.

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

The article in Smith