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Lexicon :: Strong's H3405 - yᵊrēḥô

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יְרֵחוֹ
Transliteration
yᵊrēḥô
Pronunciation
yer-ee-kho'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from יָרֵחַ (H3394)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 915

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: ירחו (Strongs and Gesenius) יריחה (Strongs) יריחו (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

יְרִיחוֹ Yᵉrîychôw, yer-ee-kho'; or יְרֵחוֹ Yᵉrêchôw; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יְרִיחֹה Yᵉrîychôh; perhaps from H3394; its month; or else from H7306; fragrant; Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine:—Jericho.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 57x

The KJV translates Strong's H3405 in the following manner: Jericho (57x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 57x
The KJV translates Strong's H3405 in the following manner: Jericho (57x).
  1. Jericho = "its moon"

    1. a city 5 miles (8 km) west of the Jordan and 7 miles (11.5 km) north of the Dead Sea and the first city conquered by the Israelites upon entering the promised land of Canaan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְרִיחוֹ Yᵉrîychôw, yer-ee-kho'; or יְרֵחוֹ Yᵉrêchôw; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יְרִיחֹה Yᵉrîychôh; perhaps from H3394; its month; or else from H7306; fragrant; Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine:—Jericho.
STRONGS H3405: Abbreviations
יְרִיחוֺ, יְרִיחֹה, יְרֵחוֺ 57 proper name, of a location Jericho (on form see Baer on Joshua 2:1; Jeremiah 39:5Einl. 49; √ and meaning dubious; according to Thes and others from רָוַח, = regio fragrans, the district abounding in palms, rose-gardens, balsam, etc.); — יְרִיחוֺ Joshua 2:1 + 27 times Joshua. (19 times J E, + 3 times D, + 6 times P), + 5 times 2 Kings 2 [2 Kings 2:4 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 2:15; 2 Kings 2:18;] יְרִחוֺ Joshua 18:21; 2 Samuel 10:5; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:8; יְרִחֹה 1 Kings 16:34; יְרֵחוֺ Deuteronomy 34:1 (P), Deuteronomy 34:3 (D), Numbers 22:1 (P) + 9 times P, 2 Kings 25:5; Ezra 2:34; Nehemiah 3:2; Nehemiah 7:36 + 3 times Chronicles; — Canaanite city taken by Joshua Joshua 6:1 (JE) +; having a king Joshua 2:2, Joshua 2:3; Joshua 8:2; Joshua 10:1 (all J E), Joshua 10:28, Joshua 10:30; Joshua 12:9 (all D); near Jordan, whence (יְרִיחוֺ) יַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֺ, see יַרְדֵּן above; Mt. Nebo is described as יְרֵהוֹ על־פְּנֵי Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1 (P);
[H5899 (called עִיר הַתְּמָרִים Judges 1:16; 3:13; so in apposition Deuteronomy 34:3; 2 Chronicles 28:15)];
the adjacent plain is called בִּקְעַת יְרֵחוֺ Deuteronomy 34:3 (JE); עַרְבוֺת יְרֵחוֺ 2 Kings 25:5 = Jeremiah 39:5 = Jeremiah 52:8; יְרִיחוֺ ע׳ Joshua 4:13; Joshua 5:10 (both P); among returning exiles appear בְּנֵי יְרֵחוֺ Ezra 2:34 = Nehemiah 7:36, and among builders of wall אַנְשֵׁי יְרֵחוֺ Nehemiah 3:2 (BeRy Ryle on the passage and Ezra 2:34); — modern (E)rîḥâ; see also GASmGeogr. 266 ff.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

22:1

Deuteronomy

32:49; 34:1; 34:1; 34:3; 34:3

Joshua

2:1; 2:1; 2:2; 2:3; 4:13; 5:10; 6:1; 8:2; 10:1; 10:28; 10:30; 12:9; 18:21

2 Samuel

10:5

1 Kings

16:34

2 Kings

2:4; 2:5; 2:15; 2:18; 25:5; 25:5

Ezra

2:34; 2:34; 2:34

Nehemiah

3:2; 3:2; 7:36; 7:36

Jeremiah

39:5; 39:5; 39:5; 52:8; 52:8

H3405

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3405 matches the Hebrew יְרֵחוֹ (yᵊrēḥô),
which occurs 57 times in 53 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 22:1–Neh 3:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:1 -

The Israelites journeyed, and camped in the plains of Moab, on the east side of the Jordan [River] across from Jericho.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:3 - So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with the people in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:63 -

These are those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel [for the second time] in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [River] at Jericho.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - Then they brought the captives, the spoils, and the plunder to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the congregation of the Israelites at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan [River] across from Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:48 - They moved out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho [their last stop on the journey to Canaan].
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:50 -

Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:15 - “The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan [River] opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrise.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1 -

Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 -

These are the commandments and the ordinances (judgments) which the LORD commanded through Moses to the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:49 - “Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, and look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel as a possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 -

[fn]Now Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, from Gilead to Dan,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3 - and the Negev (South country) and the plain in the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 -

Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as scouts secretly from Shittim, saying, “Go, view the land, especially [fn]Jericho [the walled city].” So they went and came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab, and lodged there.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:2 - Now the king of Jericho was told, “Behold, men from the sons of Israel have come here tonight to spy and search out the land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3 - So the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who entered your house, because they have come [as spies] to search out all the land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - the waters which were flowing down from above stopped and rose up in one mass a great distance away at [fn]Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan. Those [waters] flowing downward toward the sea of the Arabah, the [fn]Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed [the river] opposite Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13 - about 40,000 [men] armed and equipped for war crossed for battle before the LORD to the desert plains of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:19 -

Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth [day] of the first month and encamped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 -

While the Israelites camped at Gilgal they observed the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13 -

Now when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up, and behold, [fn]a man was standing opposite him with his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:1 -

Now Jericho [a fortified city with high walls] was tightly closed because [of the people’s fear] of the sons of Israel; no one went out or came in.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:2 - The LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty warriors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - So Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and everything that she had; and she has lived among Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers (scouts) whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 -

Then Joshua made them take an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 -

Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - “You shall do [the same] to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king; [except that] you shall take only its spoil and its cattle as plunder for yourselves. Set up an ambush for the city behind it [on the west side].”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:3 -

But when the people of Gibeon [the Hivites] heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 -

When Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and had utterly destroyed it—as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king—and that the residents of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were [living] among them,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28 -

Now Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword; he utterly destroyed it and [fn]everyone who was in it. He left no survivor. So he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:30 - The LORD gave it also along with its king into the hands of Israel, and Joshua struck it and every [fn]person who was in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor in it. So he did to the king of Libnah just as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9 - [fn]the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 -

These are the territories which Moses distributed as an inheritance in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho to the east.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:1 -

Then the lot (allotment) for the sons of Joseph went from the Jordan Valley at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east into the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:7 - It went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, touched Jericho and ended at the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:12 - On the north side their border began at the Jordan, then it went up the slope of Jericho on the north, and up through the hill country westward, and it ended at the Beth-aven wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21 -

Now the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho and Beth-hoglah and Emek-keziz,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - ‘You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite; and so I gave them into your hand.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - When David was informed, he sent [messengers] to meet them [before they reached Jerusalem], for the men were greatly ashamed and humiliated. And the king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34 - In his days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the LORD, which He spoke through Joshua the son of Nun.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:4 -

Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Jericho.” But he said, “As the LORD lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:5 - The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” And he answered, “Yes, I know it; be quiet [about it].”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:15 -

When the sons of the prophets who were [watching] opposite at Jericho saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him [in respect].

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:18 - They returned to Elisha while he was staying at Jericho; and he said to them, “Did I not tell you, ‘Do not go’?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - The army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. Then his entire army was dispersed from him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:78 - and on the other side of the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan the Levites were given, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness and Jahzah with their pasture lands,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - When David was told how the men were treated, he sent messengers to meet them, for they were very humiliated and ashamed [to return]. So the king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow [back], and then return.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - Then the men who were designated by name rose up and took the captives, and from the spoil they clothed all those who were naked; they clothed them and gave them sandals, and fed them and gave them [something to] drink, anointed them [with oil, as was a host’s duty], and led all the feeble ones on donkeys, and they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palm Trees, to their brothers (fellow descendants of Israel, i.e. Jacob). Then they returned to Samaria.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:34 - the men of Jericho, 345;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:2 - [fn]Next to Eliashib the men of Jericho built, and next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.

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