Jarmuth
יַרְמוּתStrong’s H3412yarmut (yar-mut)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yarmut is the Hebrew word usually translated “jarmuth”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,”
Meaning
- § Jarmuth = "heights"
- § Jarmuth = "heights"
How it's translated
- jarmuth 6
- and in jarmuth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 6
- Nehemiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 10:5Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
- Joshua 10:23And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
- Joshua 12:11The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
- Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
- Joshua 21:29Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.
- Nehemiah 11:29And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
Hebrew dictionary
יַרְמוּת yarmut · Jarmuth
§ Jarmuth = "heights" a Canaanitish city in the lowlands of Judah with a king and located between Hebron and Lachish
יַרְמוּת yarmut · Jarmuth
§ Jarmuth = "heights" a Levitical city of Issachar allocated to the Gershonite Levites
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.