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GATH-HEPHER

(Heb. gaṯ haḥēper)

A town belonging to the tribe of Zebulun in the Lower Galilee (Josh. 19:13). The city name Gath (“winepress”) was a common one, and Hepher (“pit” or “well”) likely distinguished the location from other cities called Gath. The name probably referred to the primary industry of the town’s residents, viticulture. Gath-hepher was the birthplace of the prophet Jonah (2 Kgs. 14:25); it was located between Nazareth and Capernaum. Jesus would have passed through the town during his ministry in Galilee. The ruins of the town are identified with modern Tel Gat µefer/Khirbet ez-Zurraʿ (180238).

David C. Maltsberger






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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