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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 39:5 KöEinl. 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 29 times in 26 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - Then Joshua secretly sent out two spies from the Israelite camp at Acacia Grove.[fn] He instructed them, “Scout out the land on the other side of the Jordan River, especially around Jericho.” So the two men set out and came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there that night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:2 - But someone told the king of Jericho, “Some Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3 - So the king of Jericho sent orders to Rahab: “Bring out the men who have come into your house, for they have come here to spy out the whole land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - the water above that point began backing up a great distance away at a town called Adam, which is near Zarethan. And the water below that point flowed on to the Dead Sea[fn] until the riverbed was dry. Then all the people crossed over near the town of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13 - These armed men—about 40,000 strong—were ready for battle, and the LORD was with them as they crossed over to the plains of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:19 - The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month.[fn] Then they camped at Gilgal, just east of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 - While the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13 - When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, “Are you friend or foe?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:1 - Now the gates of Jericho were tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Israelites. No one was allowed to go out or in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:2 - But the LORD said to Joshua, “I have given you Jericho, its king, and all its strong warriors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - So Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute and her relatives who were with her in the house, because she had hidden the spies Joshua sent to Jericho. And she lives among the Israelites to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - At that time Joshua invoked this curse:
“May the curse of the LORD fall on anyone
who tries to rebuild the town of Jericho.
At the cost of his firstborn son,
he will lay its foundation.
At the cost of his youngest son,
he will set up its gates.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 - Joshua sent some of his men from Jericho to spy out the town of Ai, east of Bethel, near Beth-aven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - You will destroy them as you destroyed Jericho and its king. But this time you may keep the plunder and the livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the town.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:3 - But when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 - Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured and completely destroyed[fn] Ai and killed its king, just as he had destroyed the town of Jericho and killed its king. He also learned that the Gibeonites had made peace with Israel and were now their allies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28 - That same day Joshua captured and destroyed the town of Makkedah. He killed everyone in it, including the king, leaving no survivors. He destroyed them all, and he killed the king of Makkedah as he had killed the king of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:30 - There, too, the LORD gave them the town and its king. He killed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. Then Joshua killed the king of Libnah as he had killed the king of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9 - The king of Jericho
The king of Ai, near Bethel

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 - These are the allotments Moses had made while he was on the plains of Moab, across the Jordan River, east of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:1 - The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan River near Jericho, east of the springs of Jericho, through the wilderness and into the hill country of Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:7 - From Janoah it turned southward to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, and ended at the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:12 - The northern boundary of Benjamin’s land began at the Jordan River, went north of the slope of Jericho, then west through the hill country and the wilderness of Beth-aven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21 - These were the towns given to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - On the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho, the following cities were designated: Bezer, in the wilderness plain of the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead, in the territory of the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, in the land of the tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - “When you crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho, the men of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I gave you victory over them.
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