Pirathon in Ephraim
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Pirathon in Ephraim was a town in the territory of the Israelite tribe of Ephraim, noted in the Hebrew Bible as the hometown of the judge Abdon.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abdon son of Hillel | 0 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient settlement
ⓘ
biblical judge ⓘ biblical town ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Abdon’s burial place ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe | tribe of Ephraim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biblicalReference |
Judges 12:13
ⓘ
Judges 12:15 ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Israelite culture ⓘ |
| describedAs | hometown of the judge Abdon ⓘ |
| hasNotableResident | Abdon son of Hillel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUncertainIdentification | exact archaeological site not definitively established ⓘ |
| hometown | Pirathon in Ephraim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
ancient Israel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
territory of the tribe of Ephraim ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Judges
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| partOf | land allotted to the tribe of Ephraim ⓘ |
| region | central hill country of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| religiousTextContext | Deuteronomistic history NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInText | geographical setting for Abdon’s judgeship ⓘ |
| status | extinct town ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Iron Age Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionallyLocatedIn | Samaria region (central highlands) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.