Gath-hepher
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Wine-press of the well, a town of Lower Galilee, about 5 miles from Nazareth; the birthplace of Jonah (2 Kgs 14:25); the same as Gittah-hepher (Josh 19:13). It has been identified with the modern el-Meshed, a village on the top of a rocky hill. Here the supposed tomb of Jonah, Neby Yunas, is still pointed out.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Gath-Hepher
gath-he'-fer (gath ha-chepher, "winepress of the pit"):
A town on the boundary of Zebulun (Josh 19:13; the King James Version in error, "Gittah- hapher"), the birthplace of the prophet Jonah (2 Kgs 14:25). Jerome (Commentary on Jonah) speaks of Geth as an inconsiderable village, about 2 miles from Sepphoris on the Tiberias road, where the tomb of Jonah was shown. Benjamin of Tudela says that Jonah the son of Amittai the prophet was buried "in the mountain" near Sepphoris (Bohn, Early Travels in Palestine, 88). These indications agree with the local tradition which identifies Gath-hepher with el-Meshhed, a village with ancient ruins on a height North of the road as one goes to Tiberias, about 2 miles from Nazareth, and half a mile from Kefr Kennah.
W. Ewing
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