Bible dictionaries

Paruah

What Bible dictionaries say about “Paruah”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Paruah - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Flourishing, the father of Jehoshaphat, appointed to provide monthly supplies for Solomon from the tribe of Issachar (1 Kings 4:17).

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

The article in Easton + Webster 1828

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

pa-roo'-a (paruach "blooming"): Father of Jehoshaphat, who was one of Solomon's twelve victualers or providers, and had charge in Isaachar of this function (1Ki 4:17).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

(flourishing), the father of Jehoshaphat, Solomons commissariat officer in Issachar. (1 Kings 4:17) (B.C. about 1017.)

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

The article in Smith