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HebrewH6891Noun

צָֽרְתָן

tsa.re.tan

3Occurrences
H6891Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Tsarethan, a place in Palestine

perhaps for H6868 (צְרֵדָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Zarthan or Zaretan = "their distress" a place in the Jordan valley where the river parted for Israel to pass over for the conquest of Canaan

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

צָֽרְתָן appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
2
Joshua
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 4:12BSB

Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;

1 Kings 7:46BSB

The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

Joshua 3:16BSB

the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.