Timnath-heres
תִּמְנַת חֶרֶסStrong’s H8556timnat cheres (tim-nat che-res)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Timnat cheres is the Hebrew word usually translated “serah”, “timnath” and “at timnath”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.”
Meaning
- Timnath-heres (or Timnath-serah) = "portion of the sun" or "abundant portion"
- Timnath-serah (or Timnath-heres) = "portion of the sun" or "abundant portion"
How it's translated
- serah 2
- timnath 1
- at timnath 1
- in timnath 1
- heres 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 2
- Judges 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס timnat cheres · Timnath-heres
Timnath-heres (or Timnath-serah) = "portion of the sun" or "abundant portion" a city given to Joshua as a inheritance in the mountains of Ephraim on the north of the hill of Gaash where he was buried Also named: tim.nat se.rach (תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַח "Timnath-serah" H8556B)
תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַח timnat serach · Timnath-serah
Timnath-serah (or Timnath-heres) = "portion of the sun" or "abundant portion" a city given to Joshua as a inheritance in the mountains of Ephraim on the north of the hill of Gaash where he was buried Another name of tim.nat che.res (תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס "Timnath-heres" H8556A)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “her” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HER, pronoun
ced hur, an adjective, or pronominal adjective of the third person. [Latin suus.]
- Belonging to a female; as her face; her head.
- It is used before neuter nouns in personification.“Wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace” Proverbs 3:17“She gave also to her husband with her and he did eat” Genesis 3:6
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.