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Biblical city

For other uses, see [Anab (disambiguation)](/source/Anab_(disambiguation)).

**Anab** ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): עֲנָב, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Hebrew): *‘Ǎnāḇ*, *Anav*) is a city mentioned in the [Hebrew Bible](/source/Hebrew_Bible). It is mentioned in the [Book of Joshua](/source/Book_of_Joshua) as one of the cities in the [Judaean Mountains](/source/Judaean_Mountains) from which [Joshua](/source/Joshua) expelled the [Anakim](/source/Anakim).[1]

## In the Hebrew Bible

Anav is mentioned in [Joshua 11](/source/Joshua_11):21:

At that time, Joshua went and wiped out the Anakites from the hill country, from [Hebron](/source/Hebron), [Debir](/source/Debir), and Anab, from the entire hill country of [Judah](/source/Tribe_of_Judah), and from the entire hill country of Israel; Joshua proscribed them and their towns.[2]

Later, [Joshua 15](/source/Joshua_15):50 lists Anav as one of several sites incorporated into the hilly parts of the territory of the Tribe of Judah.

## In later sources

Anab was mentioned in a Jewish document, written in [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language), self-dated to the "4th year after the destruction of the house of Israel", which scholars put at 140 CE, four years after the Roman suppression of the [Bar Kokhba revolt](/source/Bar_Kokhba_revolt).[3]

## Archeology

[31°24′14″N 34°56′40″E / 31.403832°N 34.944334°E / 31.403832; 34.944334](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Anab&params=31.403832_N_34.944334_E_region:IL)Anav is identified with today's [Khirbet Anab](/source/Khirbet_Anab).[4] It lies among the [Hebron Hills](/source/Hebron_Hills), 10 mi (16 km) south-south-west of [Hebron](/source/Hebron), in the [West Bank](/source/West_Bank).

['Anab al-Kabir](/source/'Anab_al-Kabir) used to be a sizeable village with 60 tax-payers, as noted by Hütteroth and Abdulfattah. The cause of its destruction remains unknown. Currently, it is occupied by [Bedouins](/source/Bedouin) from the Ramad'in tribe, who likely settled there during the [Jordanian control of the West Bank](/source/Jordanian_annexation_of_the_West_Bank) (1948–1967).[5]

A [basilical-shaped](/source/Basilica) church with [Greek](/source/Greek_language) and [Christian Palestinian Aramaic](/source/Christian_Palestinian_Aramaic) inscriptions was found at the site. The entire complex is 38 x 20 meters. [Mosaic](/source/Mosaic) floors were discovered throughout the site; they suffered [iconoclastic](/source/Iconoclasm) destruction during the [early Islamic period](/source/Bilad_al-Sham) (c. 8th century CE). The rooms of the complex were used for habitation during the [Mamluk](/source/Mamluk_Sultanate) period in the 13th and 14th centuries.[6]

## References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Easton, Matthew George](/source/Matthew_George_Easton) (1897). "[Anab](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Easton%27s_Bible_Dictionary_(1897)/Anab)". *[Easton's Bible Dictionary](/source/Easton's_Bible_Dictionary)* (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Joshua 11:21; 15:50

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Joshua 11:21"](https://www.sefaria.org/Joshua.11.21?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en). *www.sefaria.org*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** אשל, א' אשל, ח' וירדני, ע' (תשס"ט), "[שטר מ'שנת ארבע לחורבן ישראל": עדות נדירה לגזרות הדת אחרי מרד בר-כוכבא](https://www.ybz.org.il/?CategoryID=185&ArticleID=6809#.YwyOFXZBxPY)", קתדרה, 132, עמ' 5-24

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Woudstra1981_4-0)** Marten Woudstra (27 March 1981). [*The Book of Joshua*](https://books.google.com/books?id=BfG1svPVYyQC&pg=PA198). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 198. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8028-2525-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8028-2525-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:9_5-0)** Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in **Shomron studies**. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 369

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** *Corpus inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae: a multi-lingual corpus of the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad*. Vol. IV: Iudaea / Idumaea. Eran Lupu, Marfa Heimbach, Naomi Schneider, Hannah Cotton. Berlin: [de Gruyter](/source/De_Gruyter). 2018. p. 1399. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-11-022219-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-11-022219-7). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [663773367](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/663773367).{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: others ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_others))

v t e Judah district list (Joshua 15–17) Negev Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron, Amam, Shema, Moladah, Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet, Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, Baalah, Iyim, Ezem, Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, Rimmon Shephelah Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, Jarmuth, Adullam, Sokoh, Azekah, Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah/Gederothaim Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel, Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, Kabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish, Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, Makkedah Libnah, Ether, Ashan, Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, Keilah, Achzib, Maresha Hill Country Shamir, Jattir, Sokoh, Dannah, Kiriath Sannah/Debir, Anab, Eshtemoa, Anim, Goshen, Holon, Giloh Arab, Dumah, Eshan, Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, Humtah, Kiriath Arba/Hebron, Zior Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, Kain, Gibeah, Timnah Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor, Maarath, Beth-Anoth, Eltekon (Theco, Ephratha/Bethlehem, Phagor, Aetan, Culon, Tatam, Thobes, Carem, Galem, Baither/Thether, Manocho) Kiriath Baal/Kiriath-Jearim, Rabbah Wilderness Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah, Nibshan, City of Salt, Ein Gedi Benjamin Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, Geba Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zelah, Haeleph, Jerusalem, Gibeah, Kiriath

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