Zorah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Zorah
     place of wasps, a town in the low country of Judah, afterwards
     given to Dan (Josh. 19:41; Judg. 18:2), probably the same as
     Zoreah (Josh. 15:33). This was Samson's birthplace (Judg. 13:2,
     25), and near it he found a grave (16:31). It was situated on
     the crest of a hill overlooking the valley of Sorek, and was


     fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:10). It has been identified
     with Sur'ah, in the Wady Surar, 8 miles west of Jerusalem. It is
     noticed on monuments in the fifteenth century B.C. as attacked
     by the Abiri or Hebrews.
     

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

  Zorah, leprosy; scab; hornet