Libnah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Libnah
     transparency; whiteness. (1.) One of the stations of the
     Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 33:20, 21).
     
       (2.) One of the royal cities of the Canaanites taken by Joshua
     (Josh. 10:29-32; 12:15). It became one of the Levitical towns in


     the tribe of Judah (21:13), and was strongly fortified.
     Sennacherib laid siege to it (2 Kings 19:8; Isa. 37:8). It was
     the native place of Hamutal, the queen of Josiah (2 Kings
     23:31). It stood near Lachish, and has been identified with the
     modern Arak el-Menshiyeh.
     

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

  Libnah, white; whiteness