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Strong's #6552 - פִּרְעָתוֹן

Transliteration

Pirʻâthôwn

Phonetics

pir-aw-thone'

Origin

from (H6546)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Pirathon = "princely"
1. a town in Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekite
  1. perhaps modern ´Ferata´ located 1.5 miles (2.5 km) south from Jaffa on the road to Nablus

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Judges 1

BSB (1)

Judges 1

CSB (1)

Judges 1

ESV (1)

Judges 1

KJV (1)

Judges 1

LEB (1)

Judges 1

LSB (1)

Judges 1

N95 (1)

Judges 1

NAS (1)

Judges 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Judges 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מִּרְעָתוֺן proper name, of a location in Ephraim (? = height; compare Sabean proper name יהפרע he makes lofty Os^l.c.); — Judges 12:15, Φαραθωμ, A ᵐ5^L Φρααθων; perhaps modern Far±atâ, approximately 6 miles WSM. from Nablus, compare Buhl^{Geogr. 206} (GASm^Geogr.353 proposes top of Wady Farah northeast from Nablus).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פִּרְעָתוֹן (perhaps “prince” from פִּרְעָה פֶּרַע) [Pirathon], pr.n. of a town of the Ephraimites, Judges 12:15 Gr. Φαραθών, 1Ma_9:50. The Gentile noun is פִּרְעָתֹנִי Judges 12:13, 15 Judges 12:15.

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List of Word Forms

בְּפִרְעָתוֹן֙ בפרעתון bə·p̄ir·‘ā·ṯō·wn befiratOn bəp̄ir‘āṯōwn