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( Á᾿ìåñõèÜ according to some copies, see Hudson, in loc., while others have Á᾿ìåñώèá ; according to Reland, Palest. p. 560, both by erroneous transcription for Ìçñώè , which most editors give; SEE ACHABARA), a town of Upper Galilee, which Josephus fortified against the Romans (Life, 37); probably the same as MEROTH SEE MEROTH (q.v.), which terminated Upper Galilee westward (Josephus, War, 3, 3, 1); and conjectured by Reland (Palest. p. 875) to have been the Mearah of the Sidonians (Jos_13:4).