Jeshimon
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A region in the hill country of Judah near where David hid from Saul (1 Sam 23:19–24; 26:1–3).
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Jeshimon (Place)
JESHIMON (PLACE) [Heb yĕšı̂môn (יְשִׁימֹון)]. A “desert” or “wasteland”; used in the OT for both desert areas in general (Deut 32:10; Isa 43:19, 20; Psalms 68:7; 78:40; 106:14; 107:4) and specific locations (Num 21:20; 23:28; 1 Sam 23:19, 24; 26:1, 3).1. The rugged barren band of land parallel to


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2. The barren eastern part of the Judean mountains stretching toward the Dead Sea. The Hill of Hachilah was on the edge of this desert (1 S. 23:19; 26:1, 3), and the Arabah was to its south (1 S. 23:24). This desolate region of waterless land and soft chalky hills with numerous caves has been throughout


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Jeshimon (ji-shi´mon; Heb., “desert,” “barren waste”). The Hebrew word that is sometimes rendered as the proper name Jeshimon is also sometimes translated “a barren wilderness” (cf. Deut. 32:10; Ps. 107:4). Indeed, that seems to be the meaning in the majority of uses, but there are a few instances in


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JESHIMON (Heb. yešîmōn, ‘waste’, ‘desert’). Apparently used as a proper noun in Nu. 21:20; 23:28; 1 Sa. 23:19, 24; 26:1, 3. G. A. Smith, followed by G. E. Wright and F. V. Filson, identifies the name simply with the wilderness of Judaea, but there is reason to think that in the Nu. references a location

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Jeshimon (Heb. yĕšɩ̂môn)A desert region characterized by lack of rainfall and vegetation; a wasteland. Jeshimon is used to refer to desert regions in general (Deut. 32:10; Isa. 43:19; Ps. 68:7 [MT 8]; 78:40; 106:14; 107:4) and to two specific desert locations.1. A desert region E of the Judean mountains

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Jeshimon [jə shēˊmən, jə shīˊmən] (Heb. hayyešîmôn).* A general Hebrew term for the desert or wilderness (e.g., Deut. 32:10; Ps. 106:14), much less frequent than the parallel Heb. miḏbār (cf. Isa. 43:19–20). It is rendered as a proper name in the English versions with reference to two

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Jesh´imon (a wilderness), a name which occurs in Num. 21:20 and 23:28, in designating the position of Pisgah and Peor; both described as “facing the Jeshimon.” Perhaps the dreary, barren waste of hills lying immediately on the west of the Dead Sea.

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JESH´IMON (jeshʹi-mon; “a waste, a desolation,” Num. 21:20; 23:28, KJV, NIV, and NASB marg.; 1 Sam. 23:19; etc.). “In the OT the wilderness of Judea is called the Jeshimon, a word meaning devastation, and no term can better suit its haggard and crumbling appearance. It covers some thirty-five miles by
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