Strong H6553פִּרְעָתוֹנִי
Pirathon
- Transliteration
- pir‛âthônîy pir‛âthônîy
- Pronunciation
- {pir-aw-tho-nee'} pir-aw-tho-nee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patrial from H6552; a Pirathonite or inhabitant of Pirathon: - Pirathonite.
Detailed definition
Pirathon was a town in the hill country of Ephraim, associated with the judge Abdon and two of David's mighty men, Benaiah and Hiddai.
In the biblical story
Pirathon
A town in Ephraim, home of several notable Israelites
Pirathon was a town in the hill country of Ephraim, associated with the judge Abdon and two of David's mighty men, Benaiah and Hiddai.
In the Bible
Strong H6553 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pirathonite5
First verses
- Judges 12:13And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
- Judges 12:15And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
- 2 Samuel 23:30Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
- 1 Chronicles 11:31Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:14The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.