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òַéø äִúְּîָøַéí
, city of the palms, so called prob. from a palm grove in its neighborhood; Sept.
ðüëéò öïéíßêùí
, or
ἡ ðüëéò ôῶí öïéíßêùí
, Vulg. civitas palmarum, Auth. Vers. “city of palmtrees”), a place near or identical with JERICHO (Deu_34:3; Jdg_1:16; Jdg_3:13; 2Ch_28:15), which now, however, is utterly destitute of palm- trees.