McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Katthath

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Katthath


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(Heb. Kattath', ÷ִèָּú , small, for ÷ִèֶּðֶú ; Sept. ÊáôôÜè v. r. ÊáôáíÜè ), one of the cities of Zebulon, mentioned first in a list of towns apparently along the southern border from Mount Tabor westerly (Jos_19:15); and (notwithstanding the slight difference in radicals) probably the same with the KARTAH SEE KARTAH (q.v.) of Jos_21:34; perhaps also with KITRON (Jdg_1:30). Schwarz (Palest. p. 172), by a tortuous derivation. through the Talmud, seeks to identify it with Cana of Galilee.