Sepharad (Easton)

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(Obadiah 1:20 ), some locality unknown. The modern Jews think that Spain is meant, and hence they designate the Spanish Jews 'Sephardim,' as they do the German Jews by the name 'Ashkenazim,' because the rabbis call Germany Ashkenaz. Others identify it with Sardis, the capital of Lydia. The Latin"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter S Bible Dictionaries Sepharad Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Sephar Next Entry Sepharvaim Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Sepharad Sephar Dictionaries American Tract Society Sepharad Sephar Chabad Knowledge Base Sephardi Nussach Sepharad Easton's Bible Dictionary Sepharad Sephar Fausset Bible Dictionary Sepharad Sephar Holman Bible Dictionary Sepharad Sephar Hitchcock Bible Names Sepharad Sephar Hastings' BibleDictionary Sepharad Sephar Morrish Bible Dictionary Sepharad Sephar Smith Bible Dictionary Sepharad Sephar Webster Dictionary Sephardic Separatism Separatical (only first 3 shown) Encyclopedias International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Sephar Sepharad Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Sephar Sepharad McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Separatism Sephar Sepharad (only first 3 shown) The Jewish Encyclopedia Abraham ha-Sephardi Lexicons סְפָר סְפָרַד סְפַרְוַיִם ( Obadiah 1:20 ), some locality unknown. The modern Jews think that Spain is meant, and hence they designate the Spanish Jews "Sephardim," as they do the German Jews by the name "Ashkenazim," because the rabbis call Germany Ashkenaz. Others identify it with Sardis, the capital of Lydia. The Latin father Jerome regarded it as an Assyrian word, meaning "boundary," and interpreted the sentence, "which is in Sepharad," by "who are scattered abroad in all the boundaries and regions of the earth." Perowne says: "Whatever uncertainty attaches to the word Sepharad, the drift of the prophecy is clear, viz., that not only the exiles from Babylon, but Jewish captives from other and distant regions, shall be brought back to live prosperously within the enlarged borders of their own land."

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• part_of source-manifest/easton — Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)