(idolatrous), a town in the extreme south of Palestine, (Joshua 15:30) 15 Miles southwest of Beersheba. In (Joshua 19:4) the name is Bethul.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Ungodly, a town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:30); probably the same as Bethul (19:4) and Bethuel ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
From the Anglo-Saxon word ceosl, still used for a bank or shingle, as that remarkable one connecting...
The Sailor's Word-Book