Bible Dictionaries
Ataroth

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Atarah

Next Entry
Ater

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Ataroth-Adar
• Ataroth
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Ataroth
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Ataroth
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Ataroth
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Ataroth-Addar
• Ataroth
Hitchcock Bible Names
• Ataroth-Addar
• Ataroth
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Ataroth
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Ataroth
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Ataroth
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Ataroth
• Ataroth-Addar
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Ataroth
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Ataroth
• Ataroth-Adar, Ataroth-Addar
• Ataroth-Addar
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Ataroth
• Ataroth (2)
Lexicons
• עֲטָרוֹת
• עַטְרוֹת אַדָּר

("crowns".)

1. A town in the land of Jazer and Gilead, taken and "built" by Gad (Numbers 32:3; Numbers 32:34).

2. A place on the boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh (Joshua 16:2; Joshua 16:5; Joshua 16:7); possibly the same as ATAROTH ADDAR, on the W. border of Benjamin, "near the hill that lieth on the S. side of the nether Bethheron" (Joshua 18:13).

3. ATAROTH THE HOUSE OF JOAB (1 Chronicles 2:54), or "Crowns the house of Joab," a town in Judah.