Jericho
יְרִיחוֹStrong’s H3405yericho (ye-ri-cho)
Appears in 53 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yericho is the Hebrew word usually translated “jericho”, “at jericho” and “from jericho”. It appears in 53 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.”
Meaning
- Jericho = "its moon"
How it's translated
- jericho 32
- of jericho 13
- at jericho 5
- to jericho 3
- from jericho 2
- and jericho 1
- in jericho 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 26
- Numbers 9
- 2 Kings 5
- Deuteronomy 3
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Nehemiah 2
11 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 26:3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
- Numbers 26:63These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
- Numbers 31:12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
- Numbers 33:48And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
- Numbers 33:50And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
- Numbers 34:15The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
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Hebrew dictionary
יְרִיחוֹ yericho · Jericho
Jericho = "its moon" 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 Also named: Hierichō (Ἱεριχώ "Jericho" G2410)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.