Jericho

Gender Masculine
Scripts יְרִיחוֹ (Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.ɪ.koʊ/ [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

From the name of a city in Israel that is mentioned several times in the Old Testament. The meaning of the city's name is uncertain, but it may be related to the Hebrew word יָרֵחַ (yareaḥ) meaning "moon" [1] , or otherwise to the Hebrew word רֵיחַ (reyaḥ) meaning "fragrance" [2] .

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RootJericho (place name)

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  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h3394, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h3394.
  2. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h7381, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h7381.

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