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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
mortar
). Denounced quarter of
Jerusalem
(
Zeph. 1:11
11
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. (Zephaniah 1:11)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
District in or near
Jerusalem
where merchants traded (
Zeph. 1:11
11
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. (Zephaniah 1:11)
).
The
Targum
associates it
with
the
Kedron
valley
.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
4389
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Maktesh
Phonic:
mak-taysh’
Meaning:
the same as
4388
; dell; the Maktesh, a place in Jerusalem
KJV Usage:
Maktesh
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
a mortar (braying place)
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Heap of the dead; a deep hollow; a mortar:―a place in Jerusalem, Zeph. 1:11. {Acervus mortuorum}