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bozrah |
3 definitions found From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Bozrah, CT Zip code(s): 06334 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bozrah enclosure; fortress. (1.) The city of Jobab, one of the early Edomite kings (Gen. 36:33). This place is mentioned by the prophets in later times (Isa. 34:6; Jer. 49:13; Amos 1:12; Micah 2:12). Its modern representative is el-Busseireh. It lies in the mountain district of Petra, 20 miles to the south-east of the Dead Sea. (2.) A Moabite city in the "plain country" (Jer. 48:24), i.e., on the high level down on the east of the Dead Sea. It is probably the modern Buzrah. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Bozrah, in tribulation or distress
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