Bible Dictionary
Kattath
Kattath was a town in the territory of Zebulun. It may have been the same place as Kitron or Kartah, but its exact identification is uncertain.
Definition
Kattath was a town in the territory of Zebulun. Its name means “small.” The supplied sources suggest that it may be identical with Kitron or Kartah, but its precise identification remains uncertain.
Biblical Usage
Kattath is listed among the cities of Zebulun. Kitron, possibly the same place, is associated with the Canaanites whom Zebulun did not expel; Kartah was later assigned to the Merarite Levites.
Historical Background
Proposed identifications include Sepphoris, Ketunith, and a site near Shimron, the modern Semuniyeh. The supplied material does not establish one identification conclusively.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Josh. 19:15), a town of Asher, has been identified with Kana el Jelil. (See CANA.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(small), one of cities of the tribe of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:15)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>kat'-ath (qaTTath): A city in the territory of Zebulun, named with Iphtah-el, Nahalel, and Shimron (Jos 19:15), perhaps to be identified with Kitron (Jud 1:30), from which Zebulun did not expel the Canaanites; and with Kartah (Jos 21:34), which was given to the Merarite Levites. The Babylonian Talmud (Meg. 6a) identifies Kattath with Sepphoris, the modern Seffuriyeh (but see Neubauer, Geographie du Talmud, 191). The Jerusalem Talmud takes it as identical with Ketunith, Kuteineh, to the West of Esdraelon. It should probably, however, be sought near to Shimron, the modern Semuniyeh.</p><p>W. Ewing</p>