Strong H6068H6068Gעֲנָתוֹת

Anathoth

One of the 3 senses of Strong H6068

Transliteration
‛ănâthôth
Pronunciation
an-aw-thoth'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Anathoth, a Levitical city in Benjamin, notable as the birthplace of Jeremiah.

Meaning of the name

Anathoth = "answers to prayer"

General definition

Plural of H6067; {Anathoth} the name of two {Israelites} also of a place in Palestine: - Anathoth.

In the biblical story

Anathoth

A Levitical city in Benjamin, home of the prophet Jeremiah.

Anathoth, a Levitical city in Benjamin, notable as the birthplace of Jeremiah.

In the Bible

Strong H6068G appears in 13 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • anathoth13

First verses

  1. Joshua 21:18
    Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
  2. 1 Kings 2:26
    And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
  3. 1 Chronicles 6:60
    And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
  4. Ezra 2:23
    The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
  5. Nehemiah 7:27
    The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
  6. Nehemiah 11:32
    And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
  7. Isaiah 10:30
    Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
  8. Jeremiah 1:1
    The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
  9. Jeremiah 11:21
    Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand:
  10. Jeremiah 11:23
    And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
  11. Jeremiah 32:7
    Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
  12. Jeremiah 32:8
    So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
  13. Jeremiah 32:9
    And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
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