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Strong's #6552 - פִּרְעָתוֹן

Transliteration
Pirʻâthôwn
Phonetics
pir-aw-thone'
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H6546)
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Pirathon = “princely”

1) a town in Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekite

1a) perhaps modern ‘Ferata’ located 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) south from Jaffa on the road to Nablus

Frequency Lists
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NAS (1)
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HCS (1)
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BSB (1)
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ESV (1)
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WEB (1)
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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).


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
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
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