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house of Aphrah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(dust). An uncertain place (Mic. 1:10¹⁰Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. (Micah 1:10)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The margin of Micah 1:10¹⁰Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. (Micah 1:10) explains the name as “house of dust,” so that there is a play upon the word dust: “in the house of dust roll thyself in the dust.” The LXX read “the house in derision.” It may refer to OPHRAH in Joshua 18:23²³And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, (Joshua 18:23) and 1 Samuel 13:17¹⁷And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: (1 Samuel 13:17), a city in the tribe of Benjamin.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1036 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Beyth

Phonic:

l-`Aphrah

Meaning:

from 1004 and the feminine of 6083 (with preposition interposed); house to (i.e. of) dust; Beth-le-Aphrah, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage:

house of Aphrah

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Dust; female fawn:―a place in Palestine, Mic. 1:10. {Pulvus}