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Lexicon :: Strong's H3405 - yᵊrēḥô

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יְרֵחוֹ
Transliteration
yᵊrēḥô
Pronunciation
yer-ee-kho'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from יָרֵחַ (H3394)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 915

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: ירחו (Strongs and Gesenius) יריחה (Strongs) יריחו (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

יְרִיחוֹ Yᵉrîychôw, yer-ee-kho'; or יְרֵחוֹ Yᵉrêchôw; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יְרִיחֹה Yᵉrîychôh; perhaps from H3394; its month; or else from H7306; fragrant; Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine:—Jericho.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 57x

The KJV translates Strong's H3405 in the following manner: Jericho (57x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 57x
The KJV translates Strong's H3405 in the following manner: Jericho (57x).

  1. Jericho = "its moon"

    1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְרִיחוֹ Yᵉrîychôw, yer-ee-kho'; or יְרֵחוֹ Yᵉrêchôw; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יְרִיחֹה Yᵉrîychôh; perhaps from H3394; its month; or else from H7306; fragrant; Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine:—Jericho.
STRONGS H3405: Abbreviations
יְרִיחוֺ, יְרִיחֹה, יְרֵחוֺ 57 proper name, of a location Jericho (on form see Baer on Joshua 2:1; Jeremiah 39:5 KöEinl. 49; √ and meaning dubious; according to Thes and others from רָוַח, = regio fragrans, the district abounding in palms, rose-gardens, balsam, etc.); — יְרִיחוֺ Joshua 2:1 + 27 times Joshua. (19 times J E, + 3 times D, + 6 times P), + 5 times 2 Kings 2 [2 Kings 2:4 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 2:15; 2 Kings 2:18;] יְרִחוֺ Joshua 18:21; 2 Samuel 10:5; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:8; יְרִחֹה 1 Kings 16:34; יְרֵחוֺ Deuteronomy 34:1 (P), Deuteronomy 34:3 (D), Numbers 22:1 (P) + 9 times P, 2 Kings 25:5; Ezra 2:34; Nehemiah 3:2; Nehemiah 7:36 + 3 times Chronicles; — Canaanite city taken by Joshua Joshua 6:1 (JE) +; having a king Joshua 2:2, Joshua 2:3; Joshua 8:2; Joshua 10:1 (all J E), Joshua 10:28, Joshua 10:30; Joshua 12:9 (all D); near Jordan, whence (יְרִיחוֺ) יַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֺ, see יַרְדֵּן above; Mt. Nebo is described as יְרֵהוֹ על־פְּנֵי Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1 (P);
[H5899 (called עִיר הַתְּמָרִים Judges 1:16; 3:13; so in apposition Deuteronomy 34:3; 2 Chronicles 28:15)];
the adjacent plain is called בִּקְעַת יְרֵחוֺ Deuteronomy 34:3 (JE); עַרְבוֺת יְרֵחוֺ 2 Kings 25:5 = Jeremiah 39:5 = Jeremiah 52:8; יְרִיחוֺ ע׳ Joshua 4:13; Joshua 5:10 (both P); among returning exiles appear בְּנֵי יְרֵחוֺ Ezra 2:34 = Nehemiah 7:36, and among builders of wall אַנְשֵׁי יְרֵחוֺ Nehemiah 3:2 (BeRy Ryle on the passage and Ezra 2:34); — modern (E)rîḥâ; see also GASmGeogr. 266 ff.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

22:1

Deuteronomy

32:49; 34:1; 34:1; 34:3; 34:3

Joshua

2:1; 2:1; 2:2; 2:3; 4:13; 5:10; 6:1; 8:2; 10:1; 10:28; 10:30; 12:9; 18:21

2 Samuel

10:5

1 Kings

16:34

2 Kings

2:4; 2:5; 2:15; 2:18; 25:5; 25:5

Ezra

2:34; 2:34; 2:34

Nehemiah

3:2; 3:2; 7:36; 7:36

Jeremiah

39:5; 39:5; 39:5; 52:8; 52:8

H3405

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3405 matches the Hebrew יְרֵחוֹ (yᵊrēḥô),
which occurs 57 times in 53 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 22:1–Neh 3:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:1 - Then the Israelites traveled to the plains of Moab and camped along the Jordan across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:3 - So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:63 - These are the ones counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:48 - They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:50 - On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho the LORD said to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:15 - These two-and-a-half tribes have received their inheritance east of the Jordan across from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1 - On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - These are the commands and regulations the LORD gave through Moses to the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:49 - “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 - Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3 - the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:2 - The king of Jericho was told, “Look, some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3 - So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13 - About forty thousand armed for battle crossed over before the LORD to the plains of Jericho for war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:19 - On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 - On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13 - Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:1 - Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:2 - Then the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho: “At the cost of his firstborn son he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 - Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth Aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the region.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - You shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:3 - However, when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 - Now Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and totally destroyed[fn] it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the people of Gibeon had made a treaty of peace with Israel and had become their allies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28 - That day Joshua took Makkedah. He put the city and its king to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it. He left no survivors. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:30 - The LORD also gave that city and its king into Israel’s hand. The city and everyone in it Joshua put to the sword. He left no survivors there. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9 -
the king of Jerichoone
the king of Ai (near Bethel)one

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 - This is the inheritance Moses had given when he was in the plains of Moab across the Jordan east of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:1 - The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:7 - Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:12 - On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan, passed the northern slope of Jericho and headed west into the hill country, coming out at the wilderness of Beth Aven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21 - The tribe of Benjamin, according to its clans, had the following towns: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - East of the Jordan (on the other side from Jericho) they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan in the tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - “ ‘Then you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The citizens of Jericho fought against you, as did also the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and Jebusites, but I gave them into your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet the men, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34 - In Ahab’s time, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn son Abiram, and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the LORD spoken by Joshua son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:4 - Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, Elisha; the LORD has sent me to Jericho.” And he replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:5 - The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied, “so be quiet.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:15 - The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, “The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:18 - When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - but the Babylonian[fn] army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:78

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:78 - from the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan east of Jericho they received Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - When someone came and told David about the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - The men designated by name took the prisoners, and from the plunder they clothed all who were naked. They provided them with clothes and sandals, food and drink, and healing balm. All those who were weak they put on donkeys. So they took them back to their fellow Israelites at Jericho, the City of Palms, and returned to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:34 -
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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:2 - The men of Jericho built the adjoining section, and Zakkur son of Imri built next to them.

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