Yᵉrîychôw — H3405

H3405 · Hebrew — יריחו

Pronunciation: yer-ee-kho'

Other spellings: Yᵉrêchôw יְרֵחוֹ

Definition

locative proper noun

Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine

  1. Jericho = "its moon"
  2. 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

Usually translated as

Jericho

Origin

or Yᵉrêchôw; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) Yᵉrîychôh; perhaps from H3394; its month; or else from H7306; fragrant

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yᵉrîychôw occurs 57 times in 53 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (9), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (26), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (5), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2), Jeremiah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — Y