יְרִיחוֹ
Yᵉrîychôw · yer-ee-kho'
Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or יְרֵחוֹ; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יְרִיחֹה; perhaps from H3394 (יָרֵחַ); its month; or else from H7306 (רוּחַ); fragrant;
Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jericho.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to separate and protect › to fasten and establish
The hand that works of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to separate and protect that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְרִיחוֹ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
57 occurrences · 57 OT · 0 NT · 33 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jericho18 · 32%
- near jericho8 · 14%
- jericho6 · 11%
- by jericho5 · 9%
- unto jericho3 · 5%
- to jericho3 · 5%
- at jericho3 · 5%
- from jericho2 · 4%
- even jericho1 · 2%
- right against jericho1 · 2%
- was by jericho1 · 2%
- now jericho1 · 2%
- were jericho1 · 2%
- me to jericho1 · 2%
- that were at jericho1 · 2%
- which were to view at jericho1 · 2%
- them to jericho1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.