beacon; watch-tower, a Canaanite town; called also Hormah (q.v.), Judges 1:17 . It has been identified with the pass of es-Sufah, but with greater probability with S'beita.

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.