יְרִיחוֹ
ye.ri.cho
“Jericho”
Definition
Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine
or יְרֵחוֹ; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יְרִיחֹה; perhaps from H3394 (יָרֵחַ); its month; or else from H7306 (רוּחַ); fragrant;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
יְרִיחוֹ appears 52 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.
But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
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