Anab
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
(place of grape clusters or berries) (Josh. 11:21; 15:50) — a very ancient city in the hill country of Judea. Before the conquest of the land of Canaan by Joshua it was held by the Anakim, descendants of Anak (11:21); after their destruction by Joshua the city fell to the tribe of Judah (15:50). It is probably the same place mentioned under the name Kirjath-Anab, that is, “city of Anab,” in the Egyptian Anastasi papyrus (No. 1, bundle 22, 1, 3). Eusebius and Jerome also mention it in the fourth and fifth centuries of our era as a large settlement, and Robinson has more recently discovered, under this name, a settlement undoubtedly occupying the same location as the ancient city. It probably took its name from the grapes that grew there in abundance.