HebrewH6578Noun

פְּרָת

pe.rat

18Occurrences
H6578Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East

from an unused root meaning to break forth; rushing;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Euphrates = "fruitfulness" the largest and longest river of western Asia; rises from two chief sources in the Armenian mountains and flows into the Persian Gulf

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

פְּרָת appears 18 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
8
1 Chronicles
2
2 Kings
2
Deuteronomy
2
Genesis
2
2 Chronicles
1
Joshua
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 18:3BSB

As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.

2 Kings 23:29BSB

At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.

Deuteronomy 11:24BSB

Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.

Jeremiah 13:4BSB

“Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”

Jeremiah 13:7BSB

So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.

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