H6068 H6068
Anathoth, a Levitical city in Benjamin; hometown of Jeremiah and place of Abiathar's exile.
ʿAnātôt names a Levitical town in the tribal territory of Benjamin, situated about three miles north-northeast of Jerusalem at modern ʿAnātā. It enters the biblical record as a Levitical allotment (Josh 21:18) and gains prominence when Solomon banishes the priest Abiathar there (1 Kgs 2:26). Its greatest fame comes as the birthplace and home of Jeremiah, whose own townsmen conspired against him (Jer 1:1; 11:21–23). Jeremiah's purchase of a field in Anathoth during the siege of Jerusalem becomes a prophetic sign of future restoration (Jer 32:7–9). Postexilic returnees from the town are counted among the repatriates (Ezra 2:23; Neh 7:27; 11:32). The name may echo the Canaanite goddess Anat.
Senses
1. Anathoth (Levitical city in Benjamin) — The Levitical city of Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin, consistently identified across all fifteen occurrences as a single geographic location near Jerusalem. It serves as Abiathar's place of banishment (1 Kgs 2:26), Jeremiah's hometown and the setting of his field-purchase sign-act (Jer 1:1; 32:7–9), and a town listed in postexilic census records (Ezra 2:23; Neh 7:27). Two individuals in Chronicles and Nehemiah also bear the name (1 Chr 7:8; Neh 10:19), likely derived from the toponym. 15×
AR["عَناتوتَ", "عَناثوت", "عَناثُوت", "عَناثُوتَ", "عَنَاتُوتَ", "عَنَاثُوتَ", "عَنَاثُوثَ", "فِي-عَنَاثُوتَ", "فِي-عَنَاثُوثَ", "وَ-عَناثوت", "يَا-عَنَاثُوثُ"]·ben["-অনাথোতে", "অনাথোতে", "অনাথোতের", "অনাথোথ", "অনাথোৎ", "আনাথোতের", "ও-অনাথোৎ"]·DE["Anathoth", "Anatot", "[וענתות]", "[ענתות]", "in-Anatot", "zu-Anathoth"]·EN["Anathoth", "Anatot", "and-Anatot", "in-Anatot", "to-Anathoth", "were-in-Anatot"]·FR["Anathoth", "[וענתות]", "[ענתות]", "à-Anathoth"]·heb["ב-ענתות", "ו-ענתות", "ענתות"]·HI["अनातोत", "अनातोत-के", "अनातोत-में", "और-अनातोत", "में-अनातोत"]·ID["Anatot", "dan-Anatot", "di-Anatot"]·IT["Anathoth", "Anatot", "a-Anathoth", "e-Anatot"]·jav["Anatot", "ing-Anatot", "lan-Anatot", "wonten-ing-Anatot"]·KO["그리고-아나돗", "아나돗", "아나돗-에", "아나돗의", "아나롯으로", "아나롯을", "아나릿의", "아나맰아", "아나맷에"]·PT["'Anatot", "Anatot", "Anatot,", "e-Anatot", "em-Anatot", "para-Anatot"]·RU["Анатот", "Анатота", "Анафофа", "в-Анатот", "в-Анатоте", "в-Анатофе", "и-Анатот"]·ES["Anatot", "a-Anatot", "en-Anatot", "y-Anatot"]·SW["Anathothi", "katika-Anathothi", "na-Anathothi", "nenda", "wa-Anathothi"]·TR["Anatot", "Anatot'a", "Anatot'ta", "Anatot'u", "Anatot'un", "Anatotun", "ve-Anatot"]·urd["اور-عنتوت", "عناتوت", "عناتوت-میں", "عناتوت-کے", "عنتوت"]
Josh 21:18, 1 Kgs 2:26, 1 Chr 6:60, 1 Chr 7:8, Ezra 2:23, Neh 7:27, Neh 10:19, Neh 11:32, Isa 10:30, Jer 1:1, Jer 11:21, Jer 11:23 (+3 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עֲנָתוֹת and (1 K 2:26) עֲנָתֹת n.pr. Αναθωθ; 1. loc. (cf. goddess Anat, ref. sub foregoing);—Is 10:30; 1 K 2:26; Je 1:1; 11:21, 23; 32:7, 8, 9 Jos 21:18 (P), 1 Ch 6:45; Ezr 2:23 = Ne 7:27; Ne 11:32; mod. ʿAnâtâ, c. 3 miles NNE. from Jerusalem, cf. BuhlGeogr. 175 GASmGeogr. 315. 2. m. a. 1 Ch 7:8. b. Ne 10:20.