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Hazar-maveth

Hazarmaveth in the Topics

Court of death, the third son of Joktan, and a region in Arabia-Felix settled by him (Gen 10:26; 1 Chr 1:20). It is probably the modern province of Hadramaut, situated on the Indian Ocean east of the modern Yemen.

Named in the Bible

2 verses

  • Genesis 10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
  • 1 Chronicles 1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.

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