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Hoglah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(partridge-house). A place in boundary of Judah and Benjamin (Josh. 15:6; 18:19-21⁶And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: (Joshua 15:6)
¹⁹And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast. ²⁰And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. ²¹Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, (Joshua 18:19‑21)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

One of the daughters of Zelophehad (Num. 26:33³³And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. (Numbers 26:33); Num. 27:1¹Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. (Numbers 27:1); Num. 36:11¹¹For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons: (Numbers 36:11); Josh. 17:3³But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. (Joshua 17:3)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2295 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Choglah

Phonic:

khog-law’

Meaning:

of uncertain derivation; probably a partridge; Choglah, an Israelitess

KJV Usage:

Hoglah. See also 1031

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

the feast has languished

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

A partridge:―the third of the five daughters of Zelophehad, Num. 26:33. {Perdix}