mozah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
mozah in Easton's Bible Dictionary
an issuing of water, a city of Benjamin (Josh. 18:26).
mozah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(fountain), one of the cities in the allotment of Benjamin, #Jos 18:26| only, named between hae-Cephirah and Rekem.
mozah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
MO'ZAH (going forth), a town of Benjamin, Josh 18:26; possibly modern Beit Mizza, 5 miles north-west of Jerusalem, on the Jaffa road. MUF'FLERS are supposed to have been a covering for the face such as is now worn by women of the East. Isa 3:19.
mozah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
With the article the. A city of Benjamin (Joshua 18:26); "spring head", else "place of reeds." The Mishna calls it "Motsa, below Jerusalem, where they descended and gathered willow branches" for the feast of tabernacles. The Gemara says it was a Roman "colony," and exempt from the king's tribute. Probably now Kulonieh, a village four miles W. of Jerusalem, on the Jaffa road, at the entrance of wady Beit Haninah. Doubtless the now dry river bed, when through woods the climate was less arid, was filled with water along which grew willows.