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Lasha

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(cleft). A Canaanite border (Gen. 10:19¹⁹And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. (Genesis 10:19)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Place which marked the limit of the country of the Canaanites. It was probably on the east of the Dead Sea (Gen. 10:19¹⁹And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. (Genesis 10:19)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

3962 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Lesha`

Phonic:

leh’-shah

Meaning:

from an unused root thought to mean to break through; a boiling spring; Lesha, a place probably East of the Jordan

KJV Usage:

Lasha

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

unto blindness (by covering the eyes)

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

For delight; wise; fissure; to break through:―a Canaanite border, Gen. 10:19. {In oblectationem}