ahlab Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
ahlab in Easton's Bible Dictionary
fatness, a town of Asher lying within the unconquered Phoenician border (Judg. 1:31), north-west of the Sea of Galilee; commonly identified with Giscala, now el-Jish.
ahlab in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(fertile), a city of Asher from which the Canaanites were not driven out. #Jud 1:31|
ahlab in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
AH'LAB (fatness, fertility), a town in Asher held by the Canaanites, Jud 1:31; probably the place known later as Gash Halab or Chaleb, and which Robinson locates at el-Jish, near Safed, north-west of the Sea of Galilee.
ahlab in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
A city of Asher, whence the Canaanites were not driven out (Judges 1:31). More recently Gush Chaleb, or Giscala, whence came John, son of Levi, leader in the siege of Jerusalem; said to be the birthplace of Paul's parents. Now Eljish, near Safed, in the hills N.W. of the lake of Tiberias.