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Jegar-sahadutha
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Pile of testimony, the Aramaic or Syriac name which Laban gave to the pile of stones erected as a memorial of the covenant between him and Jacob (Gen. 31:47), who, however, called it in Hebrew by an equivalent name, Galeed (q.v.).
Scripture references
Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
JE'GAR-SAHADU'THA (heap of testimony), the Aramaean name of the stone memorial between Jacob and Laban. Gen 31:47. The Hebrew word "Galeed" does not exactly represent it.
Scripture references
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
heap of witness
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
JE'GAR-SAHADU'THA (heap of testimony), the Aramaean name of the stone memorial between Jacob and Laban. Gen 31:47. The Hebrew word "Galeed" does not exactly represent it.