- PHARATHON
- PHARATHONcivitas Ephraim in monte Amalech. Iudic. c. 12. v. 15. latine dissipatio, vel ruptura, aut denudatio eius, vel Syriace vindicta eius. Hinc fuit Abdon Iudex populi Israel. Ioseph. de Bell. Iud.
Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.
PHARATHON
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