BETH-TAPPUAH (place of apples, Jos_15:53).A town of Judah in the Hebron mountains (see Tappuah in 1Ch_2:43). Now the village Taffuh, west of Hebron.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Beth-tap'puah. (house of apples). One of the towns of Judah, in the mountainous district, and near Hebron. Jos_15:53. Compare 1Ch_2:43. Here, it has actually been discovered by Robinson, under the modern name of Teffuh, five miles west of Hebron, on a ridge of high table-land.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
beth-tap?ū̇-a (בּית־תּפוּח, bēth-tappūaḥ; Βεθθαπφουέ, Beththapphoué, ?place of apples? (see however APPLE)); A town in the hill country of Judah (Jos_15:53), probably near Hebron (el Tappuah, 1Ch_2:43), possibly the same as Tephon (1 Macc 9:50). The village of Tuffūḥ, 3 1/2 miles Northwest of Hebron, is the probable site; it stands on the edge of a high ridge, surrounded by very fruitful gardens; an ancient highroad runs through the village, and there are many old cisterns and caves. (See PEF, III, 310, 379, Sh XXI. )
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Beth-tappuah
(Heb. Beyth- Tappu'ach, תִּפּוּחִ בֵּיתאּ, apple-house, i.e. orchard; Sept. Βηθθαπφουέ v.r. Βαιθαχού), a town of Judah, in the mountainous district, and near Hebron (Jos_15:53; comp. 1Ch_2:43), where it has been discovered by Robinson (Researches, 2, 428) under the modern name of Teffuh, 1.25 hour, about five miles, west of Hebron, on a ridge of high table-land. The terraces of the ancient cultivation still remain in use; and though the apples have disappeared, yet olive-groves and vineyards, with fields of grain, surround the place on every side (Schwarz, Palest. p. 105). SEE APPLE.
The simple name of Tappuah was borne by another town of Judah, which lay in the rich lowland of the Shefela (Joshua 14:34). SEE TAPPUAH. Also by one on the border between Manasseh and Ephraim (Jos_16:8). SEE EN-TAPPUAH.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.