5586 town
Dictionary of Bible Themes

A large concentration of dwellings, often walled, to be distinguished from the larger cities.

1 Samuel 23:7

A town was a large concentration of dwellings

See also

Joshua 19:50
Mark 6:10
Acts 16:4
Deuteronomy 16:18

Town officials

Judges 8:14-16

See also

Deuteronomy 19:12; 21:3,19; 22:15; 25:7
Ruth 4:2
1 Samuel 16:4
Ezra 10:14
Luke 18:2-3
Ruth 4:10

Town records

See also

Luke 2:3-4
Leviticus 25:33

Laws concerning towns

Numbers 35:4-5
Deuteronomy 16:5

Town celebrations and worship

See also

1 Samuel 9:10-14; 20:29
2 Chronicles 28:25
Ruth 1:19

The town was a close-knit community

See also

1 Samuel 4:13
Matthew 13:54

Towns associated with Jesus Christ

Luke 4:31

Nazareth, his home town

Luke 8:1,4
John 4:5

Capernaum in Galilee

Sychar in Samaria

Deuteronomy 13:13

Wickedness in towns

See also

Judges 6:30
2 Kings 2:23
2 Chronicles 30:10
Matthew 23:34
Deuteronomy 13:15

Judgment on towns

Isaiah 25:2

See also

2 Kings 3:19
Matthew 10:11

See also

2363 Christ, preaching & teaching
5256 city
5316 fortress
5506 roof
5603 wages
7206 community
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