Elath

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Elath
     grove; trees, (Deut. 2:8), also in plural form Eloth (1 Kings
     9:26, etc.); called by the Greeks and Romans Elana; a city of
     Idumea, on the east, i.e., the Elanitic, gulf, or the Gulf of
     Akabah, of the Red Sea. It is first mentioned in Deut. 2:8. It
     is also mentioned along with Ezion-geber in 1 Kings 9:26. It was


     within the limits of Solomon's dominion, but afterwards
     revolted. It was, however, recovered and held for a time under
     king Uzziah (2 Kings 14:22). Now the ruin Aila.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Elath, a hind; strength; an oak