Bible Dictionary

Zephath

The name Zephath means “which beholds; that attends or that covers”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

Beacon; watch-tower, a Canaanite town; called also Hormah (q.v.), Judg. 1:17. It has been identified with the pass of es-Sufah, but with greater probability with S’beita.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(watch-tower), the earlier name, (Judges 1:17) of a Canaanite town, which after its capture and destruction was called by the Israelites Hormah. [Hormah]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

ze'-fath.

See HORMAH.