Lexical Summary Eshtemoa: a man of Judah, also a city in Judah Original Word: אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַTransliteration: Eshtemoa Phonetic Spelling: (esh-tem-o'-ah) Part of Speech: Proper Name Short Definition: a man of Judah, also a city in Judah Meaning: Eshtemoa -- a man of Judah, also a city in Judah Strong's Concordance Eshtemoa, Eshtemoh Or beshtmowam {esh-tem-o'-ah}; or seshtmoh {esh-tem-o'}; from shama' (in the sense of obedience); Eshtemoa or Eshtemoh, a place in Palestine -- Eshtemoa, Eshtemoh. see HEBREW shama' Brown-Driver-Briggs H851. Eshtemoa אֶשְׁתְּמוֺעַ Joshua 21:14, אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ 1 Samuel 30:28; 1 Chronicles 4:17, 19; 6:42, אֶשְׁתְּמֹה Joshua 15:50 proper name, of a location Levitical city in mountain-country of Judah, south of Hebron, modern Semû± see RobBR i. 464, ii. 204 Surveyiii. 403 BdPal. 153; 1 Chronicles 4:17, 19 it appears as proper name, masculine of a man of Judah. (On the form, compare below אֶשְׁתָּאוֺל.) |