Rasses
LocationsGeographical Setting
Rasses is a place name appearing in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, identified as a location in the region of Armenia or eastern Asia Minor.
What is the meaning of Rasses in the Bible?
The inhabitants of Rasses are recorded in the Book of Judith as having been defeated by the Assyrian general Holofernes, with their precise geographical identification remaining uncertain but likely situated in eastern Asia Minor.
SIGNIFICANCE
This reference assists readers in understanding the narrative scope of the Assyrian military campaigns described in Judith, highlighting the vast reach of the empire into regions such as Armenia.
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Source Attribution
Built upon the 1915 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia and Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897). Entries have been modernized, checked for academic truthfulness, and shortened for clarity.