Strong H5899עִיר הַתְּמָרִים
Ir-hatmarim
- Transliteration
- ‛îyr hattemârîym
- Pronunciation
- err hat-tem-aw-reem'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Meaning of the name
Ir-hatmarim = "the city of palmtrees"
Detailed definition
Jericho, an ancient Canaanite city famously conquered by the Israelites under Joshua's leadership.
In the biblical story
Jericho
An ancient city in Canaan, famously conquered by Israel
Jericho, an ancient Canaanite city famously conquered by the Israelites under Joshua's leadership.
In the Bible
Strong H5899 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tree4
First verses
- Deuteronomy 34:3And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
- Judges 1:16And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
- Judges 3:13And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
- 2 Chronicles 28:15And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.