Lectionary Calendar
Friday, May 10th, 2024
the Sixth Week after Easter
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Shapher, Mount

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Search for…
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
Shaphat
Next Entry
Sharai
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

("pleasant".) Numbers 33:23-24. Either jebel esh Shureif , 40 miles W. of Ras el Κa'a (near Rissah), or else jebel Sherafeh , a rocky promontory on the W. shore of the Elanitic gulf, near the southern limit of the Tih. The former is more likely (Speaker's Commentary). Jebel Αraif , a conical hill, standing out at the S.W. corner of the wilderness of Ziu. The wady Shareif at the N. side may be a corruption of Shapher. Here is a broad pleasant valley, affording fine pasture (Imperial Dictionary).

Bibliography Information
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Shapher, Mount'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​s/shapher-mount.html. 1949.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile