Bible Dictionaries
Maktesh

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Mortar, a place in or near Jerusalem inhabited by silver merchants (Zephaniah 1:11 ). It has been conjectured that it was the "Phoenician quarter" of the city, where the traders of that nation resided, after the Oriental custom.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Maktesh'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​m/maktesh.html. 1897.