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Strong H85562 sensesתִּמְנַת חֶרֶס

Timnath-heres · Timnath-serah

Transliteration
timnath cheres timnath serach
Pronunciation
tim-nath {kheh'-res} tim-nath seh'-rakh

Meaning of the name

Timnath-heres (or Timnath-serah) = "portion of the sun" or "abundant portion"

The 2 senses of Strong H8556

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H8556 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Timnath-heresH8556ATown allotted to Joshua, where he was buriedNot in the KJV
  2. Timnath-serahתִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַחH8556BTown allotted to Joshua, where he was buriedNot in the KJV

General definition

From H8553 and H2775; portion of (the sun;
Timnath {Cheres} a place in Palestine: - {Timnath-heres} Timnath-serah.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • serah2
  • here1

First verses

  1. Joshua 19:50
    According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath–serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
  2. Joshua 24:30
    And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
  3. Judges 2:9
    And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.