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Tappuah
Apple-region. (1.) A town in the valley or lowland of Judah; formerly a royal city of the Canaanites (Josh 12:17; Josh 15:34). It is now called Tuffuh, about 12 miles west of Jerusalem.
(2.) A town on the border of Ephraim (Josh 16:8). The “land” of Tappuah fell to Manasseh, but the “city” to Ephraim (Josh 17:8).
(3.) En-tappuah, the well of the apple, probably one of the springs near Yassuf (Josh 17:7).
Named in the Bible
5 verses
- Joshua 12:17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
- Joshua 15:34 And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
- Joshua 16:8 The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
- Joshua 17:8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
- 1 Chronicles 2:43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
