Lexicon :: Strong's H6578 - pᵊrāṯ

פְּרָת

Transliteration

pᵊrāṯ

Pronunciation

per-awth'

Part of Speech

proper masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From an unused root meaning to break forth

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

פְּרָת Pᵉrâth, per-awth'; from an unused root meaning to break forth; rushing; Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East:—Euphrates.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H6578 in the following manner: Euphrates (19x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H6578 in the following manner: Euphrates (19x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

Euphrates = "fruitfulness"
1. the largest and longest river of western Asia; rises from two chief sources in the Armenian mountains and flows into the Persian Gulf

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

פְּרָת Pᵉrâth, per-awth'; from an unused root meaning to break forth; rushing; Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East:—Euphrates.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H6578: Abbreviations

† פְּרָת proper name, masculine, of a river Eupharates, Ευφρατης (Assyrian Purattu Dl^{Pa. 169 ff.}, Whence Old Persian, Ufrâtu, Spieg^{APK 211}); — the greatest river of West Asia; פ׳ Genesis 2:14. נְהַר פ׳ Genesis 15:18; (both secondary phrases in J), נְהַר פ׳ also 2 Samuel 8:3 (Qr, see נָהָר), Jeremiah 46:2, 6, 10; Deuteronomy 1:7; Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 1:4 (D), 2 Kings 23:29; 2 Kings 24:7; 1 Chronicles 5:9; 1 Chronicles 18:3; נהר omitted Jeremiah 13:4, 5, 6, 7 (where Ew Hi Marti, after Schick^{ZPV iii. ll,} think of some other פְּרָת, but Gf Gie and most defend Euphrates) Jeremiah 51:63; 2 Chronicles 35:20 (compare Genesis 2:14 above); name not certainly attested before D Jeremiah; on earlier הַנָּהָר for this river see נ׳.

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