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Azmaveth
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Strong as death. (1.) One of David’s thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:31). (2.) An overseer over the royal treasury in the time of David and Solomon (1 Chr. 27:25). (3.) A town in the tribe of Judah, near Jerusalem (Neh. 12:29; Ezra 2:24). (4.) 1 Chr. 8:36
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
a place to all appearance in Benjamin, being named with other towns belonging to that tribe. (Ezra 2:24) The name elsewhere occurs as BETH-AZMAVETH. (strong unto death).
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
AZ'MAVETH, probably a place in Benjamin, Ezr 2:24; Neh 12:29; called also Beth-azmaveth, Neh 7:28; probably modern Hizmeh, north of Anathoth.
AZ'MAVETH (strong unto death). (1). One of David's warriors, 2 Sam 23:31; 1 Chr 11:33. (2). A descendant of Mephibosheth. 1 Chr 8:36; 1 Chr 9:42. (3). A Benjamite. 1 Chr 12:3. (4). David's treasurer. 1 Chr 27:25.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
strong death; a he-goat
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
AZ'MAVETH (strong unto death). (1). One of David's warriors, 2 Sam 23:31; 1 Chr 11:33. (2). A descendant of Mephibosheth. 1 Chr 8:36; 1 Chr 9:42. (3). A Benjamite. 1 Chr 12:3. (4). David's treasurer. 1 Chr 27:25.