Ἐμεχωνῖται

Emechonites

Translated by David Whitehead7 Jun 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

6 words

Name of a people in Josephus.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐμεχωνῖται· ὄνομα ἔθνους παρὰ Ἰωσήπῳ.

Betacode

*)emexwni=tai: o)/noma e)/qnous para\ *)iwsh/pw|.

So too ps.-Zonaras s.v., but Josephus himself (Jewish War 4.3 at web address 1, cf. 3.515) spells the word Se-.
For Lake Semachonitis, present-day Lake Hule in present-day Israel, see Barrington Atlas map 69 grid C3.