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toun: This word is used to represent a number of different Hob terms in the Old Testament. (1) When any explanatory word or attendant circumstances show that a “city†was unwalled, and sometimes in the contrary case (), the Hebrew ı̄r is translated “town†by the King James Version, and the Revised Version (British and American) generally agrees with it (; ; ). (2) Both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) translate hÌ£awwoÌ„th by “towns†(; ; ; ), while hÌ£ăceÌ„rı̄m and peraÌ„zoÌ„th both appear in the King James Version as “towns,†but in the Revised Version (British and American) as “villages†(; ). See HAVVOTH-JAIR. (3) Bath, literally, “daughter,†is sometimes found in the plural between the name of a city and hÌ£ăceÌ„rı̄m, “villages,†as in margin, “Ekron, with its daughters and its villages.†“Towns†is evidently the appropriate translation, and, even without hÌ£ăcĕrı̄m, bath is rendered “town†(the Revised Version (British and American) , etc.). The same use of “daughter†occurs also in the Greek of 1 Macc 5:65 (thugaÌteÌ„r), the King James Version “town,†the Revised Version (British and American) “village,†margin “daughter.†(4) the King James Version and the English Revised Version gloss ḳı̄r, “wall†in by rendering it “town wallâ€; the American Standard Revised Version omits. (5) The Greek term koÌ„mopoÌleis (), being a combination of the words for “village†and “city,†is a clear attempt to describe something between the two, and is well translated “town.†(6) the King James Version uses “town†( etc.) and “village†(, etc.) quite indifferently for koÌ„ÌmeÌ„; the Revised Version (British and American) has “village†throughout. For similar changes of the King James Version “town†compare 2 Macc 8:6 (choÌ„ra); 11:5; 12:21 (choÌ„rion, the Revised Version (British and American) “placeâ€). See CITY; VILLAGE.