A town in the north boundary of Judah (Josh. 15:11), called afterwards by the Greeks Jamnia, the modern Yebna, 11 miles south of Jaffa. After the fall of Jerusalem (A.D. 70), it became one of the most populous cities of Judea, and the seat of a celebrated school.
City
Jabneel
- Name means
- building of God
- Today
- now Yavneh
- Location
- 31.866°N, 34.747°E
- Mentioned
- 1 verse
About Jabneel
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Nearby
Every mention
Joshua
15:11
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.