(1) = Plain of Esdraelon (Josh. 17: 16; Judg. 6: 33; 2 Sam. 2: 9; 2 Sam. 4: 4; Hosea 1: 5, 11; Hosea 2: 22).

(2) A city on a hill rising out of the plain, belonging to tribe of Issachar (Josh. 19: 18). Ahab made it his capital (1 Kgs. 18: 45-46; 1 Kgs. 21: 1, 23; 2 Kgs. 8: 29); after the fall of his house it ceased to be a place of much importance.

(3) Symbolical name of the eldest son of the prophet Hosea (Hosea 1: 4-5).