Elkosh

(God my bow), the birthplace of the prophet Nahum, hence called "the Elkoshite." (Nahum 1:1) This place is located at the modern Alkush , a village on the east bank of the Tigris, about two miles north of Mosul. Some think a small village in Galilee is intended.

God my bow, the birth-place of Nahum the prophet (Nahum 1:1). It was probably situated in Galilee, but nothing definite is known of it. 512. Elqoshi -- a native of Elkosh
... 511, 512. Elqoshi. 513 . a native of Elkosh. Transliteration: Elqoshi
Phonetic Spelling: (el-ko-shee') Short Definition: Elkoshite. ...
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Nahum
... i.15), Nahum must have been a Judean; and, of the three traditions concerning Elkosh
his birthplace, which place it respectively in Mesopotamia, in Galilee ...
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Prefaces to the Commentaries on the Minor Prophets.
... The Preface contains little of importance. Jerome mentions that the village of Elkosh,
Nahum's birthplace, was pointed out to him by a guide in Galilee. ...
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Nahum and Habakkuk.
... Nahum and Habakkuk. Chapter XXI. Nahum and Habakkuk. Nahum. The Prophet. His name
means "consolation", and he was a native of Elkosh, a small town of Galilee. ...
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The Twelve Minor Prophets.
... Nahum is called "the Elkoshite," probably from Elkosh, a village of Galilee, which
Jerome (Introduction to Nahum) mentions as pointed out to him by his guide. ...
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The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
... humiliated and in the last extremity. * Elkosh is identified by Eusebius
with Elkese, which St. Jerome declares to have been in ...
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Elkosh (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Elkosh (1 Occurrence). Nahum 1:1 An oracle about
Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. ...
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Nahum (3 Occurrences)
... Jerusalem. Others think that Elkosh was the name of a place on the east bank
of the Tigris, and that Nahum dwelt there. Nahum, Book of. ...
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Elkoshite (1 Occurrence)
... (2) Jerome states in the prologue to his commentary on Na that the village
of Helkesei in Galilee was pointed out to him as Elkosh. ...
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Elkiah

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Anem (1 Occurrence)
... In Nahum 1:1 he is called "the Elkoshite," that is, an inhabitant of Elkosh.
Unfortunately, the location of this place is not known. ...
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