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Lexicon :: Strong's H6578 - pᵊrāṯ

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פְּרָת
Transliteration
pᵊrāṯ
Pronunciation
per-awth'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to break forth
Strong’s Definitions

פְּרָת Pᵉrâth, per-awth'; from an unused root meaning to break forth; rushing; Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East:—Euphrates.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H6578 in the following manner: Euphrates (19x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H6578 in the following manner: Euphrates (19x).

  1. Euphrates = "fruitfulness"

    1. the largest and longest river of western Asia; rises from two chief sources in the Armenian mountains and flows into the Persian Gulf

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פְּרָת Pᵉrâth, per-awth'; from an unused root meaning to break forth; rushing; Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East:—Euphrates.
STRONGS H6578: Abbreviations
† פְּרָת proper name, masculine, of a river Eupharates, Ευφρατης (Assyrian Purattu DlPa. 169 ff., Whence Old Persian, Ufrâtu, SpiegAPK 211); — the greatest river of West Asia; פ׳ Genesis 2:14. נְהַר פ׳ Genesis 15:18; (both secondary phrases in J), נְהַר פ׳ also 2 Samuel 8:3 (Qr, see נָהָר), Jeremiah 46:2, 6, 10; Deuteronomy 1:7; Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 1:4 (D), 2 Kings 23:29; 2 Kings 24:7; 1 Chronicles 5:9; 1 Chronicles 18:3; נהר omitted Jeremiah 13:4, 5, 6, 7 (where Ew Hi Marti, after SchickZPV iii. ll, think of some other פְּרָת, but Gf Gie and most defend Euphrates) Jeremiah 51:63; 2 Chronicles 35:20 (compare Genesis 2:14 above); name not certainly attested before D Jeremiah; on earlier הַנָּהָר for this river see נ׳.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:14; 2:14; 15:18

Deuteronomy

1:7; 11:24

Joshua

1:4

2 Samuel

8:3

2 Kings

23:29; 24:7

1 Chronicles

5:9; 18:3

2 Chronicles

35:20

Jeremiah

13:4; 13:5; 13:6; 13:7; 46:2; 46:6; 46:10; 51:63

H6578

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6578 matches the Hebrew פְּרָת (pᵊrāṯ),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - and the name of the third river is Hiddekel, it is that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, 'To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - turn ye and journey for you, and enter the mount of the Amorite, and unto all its neighbouring places, in the plain, in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the south, and in the haven of the sea, the land of the Canaanite, and of Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Phrat;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - every place on which the sole of your foot treadeth is yours; from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Phrat, even unto the farther sea is your border;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - From this wilderness and Lebanon, and unto the great river, the river Phrath, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great Sea -- the going in of the sun -- is your border.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - In his days hath Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt come up against the king of Asshur, by the river Phrat, and king Josiah goeth out to meet him, and he putteth him to death in Megiddo, when he seeth him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - And the king of Egypt hath not added any more to go out from his own land, for the king of Babylon hath taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Phrat, all that had been to the king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - and at the east he dwelt even unto the entering in of the wilderness, even from the river Phrat, for their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - And David smiteth Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, in his going to establish his power by the river Phrat,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20 - After all this, when Josiah hath prepared the house, come up hath Necho king of Egypt, to fight against Carchemish by Phrat, and Josiah goeth forth to meet him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4 - 'Take the girdle that thou hast got, that is on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:5 - and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:6 - And it cometh to pass, at the end of many days, that Jehovah saith unto me, 'Rise, go to Phrat, and take thence the girdle, that I commanded thee to hide there;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - and I go to Phrat, and dig, and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and lo, the girdle hath been marred, it is not profitable for anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - For Egypt, concerning the force of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, that hath been by the river Phrat, in Carchemish, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath smitten, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6 - The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - And that day is to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts A day of vengeance, To be avenged of His adversaries, And the sword hath devoured, and been satisfied, And it hath been watered from their blood, For a sacrifice is to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, In the land of the north, by the river Phrat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:63 - And it hath come to pass, when thou dost finish reading this book, thou dost bind to it a stone, and hast cast it into the midst of Phrat,
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