Anab (Hastings' Dictionary)
A city of Judah in the Ne"eb hUls "(Jos IP' 15»), inhabited first by the Anakim. Now the ruin 'Anab near Debir. It is noticed as still a village in the 4th cent. A.D. (Onovuisticon, s.v. Anab). SIVP yol.m sh. xxiv. C. R. COSDER. ANAEL {'Am-fi\, but ^n:in Syr. and Ileb., and S.yDn Aram.) was brother of Tobit and father of Achiacharus, To l*.
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Anab
Anab a'-nab (`anabh, "grapes"; Codex Vaticanus, Anon or Anob): Mentioned in the list of cities which fell to Judah (Jos 15:50). In the list it follows Debir, from which it was a short distance to the Southwest. It lay about twelve males to the Southwest of Hebron. It was a city of the Anakim, from whom Joshua took it (Jos 11:21). Its site is now known as the rum `Anab. ⇒See a list of verses on ANAB in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
Smith's Bible Dictionary on Anab
(grape-town), a town in the mountains of Judah, (Joshua 15:50) named with Debir and Hebron as once belonging to the Anakim. (Joshua 11:21)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Anab
A town once belonging to the Anakim, in the mountains of Judah (Jos 11:21); still so-called; ten miles S.S.W. of Hebron.
References
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- Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
- Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia