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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

HORONAIM

hor-o-na'-im (choronayim); Aronieim; in Jeremiah Oronaim, "the two hollows"): A place in the South of Moab. It is named in Jeremiah 48:5. Isaiah (15:5) and Jeremiah (48:3) speak of "the way to Horanaim"; and Jeremiah (48:5) of the "descent," or "going down" of Horonaim. Mesha (MS) says he was bidden by Chemosh to "go down" and fight against Choronem. Probably, therefore, it lay on one of the roads leading down from the Moabite plateau to the Arabah. It is mentioned by Josephus as having been taken by Alexander Janneus (Ant., XIII, xv, 4). Hyrcanus promised to restore it and the rest to Aretas (XIV, i, 4). There is no indication that in early times it was ever possessed by Israel. Buhl (GAP 272) thinks it may be represented by some significant ruins near Wady ed-Dera`a (Wady Kerak).

W. Ewing

Strong's Hebrew

2773. Choronayim -- "two hollows," a place in Moab
... Choronayim. 2774 . "two hollows," a place in Moab. Transliteration: Choronayim
Phonetic Spelling: (kho-ro-nah'-yim) Short Definition: Horonaim. ... Horonaim. ...
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Library

Appendices
... [and the shepherds] of the flocks of the land. And at Horonaim (Isaiah 15:5) there
dwelt... 31. ... And Chemosh said unto me: Go down, make war upon Horonaim. ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Horonaim

angers; ragings

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Horonaim

(two caverns), a town of Moab, possibly a sanctuary, named with Zoar and Luhith. (Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:3,5,34)

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Two caverns, a city of Moab to the south of the Arnon, built, apparently, upon an eminence, and a place of some importance (Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:3, 5, 34).

Thesaurus

Horonaim (5 Occurrences)
...HORONAIM. hor-o-na'-im (choronayim); Aronieim; in Jeremiah Oronaim, "the two
hollows"): A place in the South of Moab. ...Horonaim (5 Occurrences). ...
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Luhith (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Made of boards, a Moabitish place between Zoar and Horonaim
(Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:5). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Horona'im (5 Occurrences)
Horona'im. Horonaim, Horona'im. Horonite . ... (See RSV). Jeremiah 48:3 A voice
of a cry 'is' from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction. (See RSV). ...
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Eglath-shelishiyah (2 Occurrences)
... Septuagint. In the former case strong and unconquered cities, Zoar and Horonaim,
are compared to the heifer not yet broken to the yoke. ...
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Ascent (32 Occurrences)
... lu'-hith, loo'-hith, ma`-aleh ha-luchith): A place named in Isaiah 15:5 Jeremiah
48:5. It is clearly identical with the way, or descent, of Horonaim. ...
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Zo'ar (10 Occurrences)
... out for Moab; her people go in flight to Zoar, and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for they
go up with weeping by the slope of Luhith; on the way to Horonaim they send ...
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Nimrim (2 Occurrences)
... In each case it is mentioned in association with Zoar and Horonaim. It is therefore
probably to be sought to the Southeast of the Dead Sea. ...
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Eg'lath-shelish'iyah (2 Occurrences)
... out for Moab; her people go in flight to Zoar, and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for they
go up with weeping by the slope of Luhith; on the way to Horonaim they send ...
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Eglath (2 Occurrences)
... Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of
Luhith with weeping; for in the way of Horonaim, they raise up a cry of ...
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Shelishiyah (2 Occurrences)
... Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of
Luhith with weeping; for in the way of Horonaim, they raise up a cry of ...
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Bible Concordance

Horonaim (5 Occurrences)

2 Samuel 13:34 But Absalom went in flight. And the young man who kept the watch, lifting up his eyes, saw that a great band of people was coming down the slope by the way of the Horons; and the watchman came and gave word to the king, saying, I saw men coming down by the way of the Horons, from the hillside.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 15:5 My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for in the way of Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.
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Jeremiah 48:3 The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
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Jeremiah 48:5 For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
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Jeremiah 48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.
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Subtopics

Horonaim

Horonaim: A Town of Moab

Related Terms

Luhith (2 Occurrences)

Horona'im (5 Occurrences)

Eglath-shelishiyah (2 Occurrences)

Ascent (32 Occurrences)

Zo'ar (10 Occurrences)

Nimrim (2 Occurrences)

Eg'lath-shelish'iyah (2 Occurrences)

Eglath (2 Occurrences)