Parah
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Parah

a cow; increasing

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Parah

(heifer-town) one of the cities in the territory allotted to Benjamin, named only in the lists of the conquest. (Joshua 18:23)

Easton's Bible Dictionary
The heifer, a town in Benjamin (Joshua 18:23), supposed to be identical with the ruins called Far'ah, about 6 miles north-east of Jerusalem, in the Wady Far'ah, which is a branch of the Wady Kelt.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PARAH

pa'-ra, par'-a (ha-parah; Codex Vaticanus Phara; Codex Alexandrinus Aphar): A city named as in the territory of Benjamin between Avvim and Ophrah (Joshua 18:23). It may with some confidence be identified with Farah on Wady Farah, which runs into Wady Suweinit, about 3 miles Northeast of `Anata.

Strong's Hebrew
6511. Parah -- a place in Benjamin
... 6510, 6511. Parah. 6512 . a place in Benjamin. Transliteration: Parah
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-raw') Short Definition: Parah. Word ...
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6510. parah -- a heifer, cow
... 6509, 6510. parah. 6511 . a heifer, cow. Transliteration: parah Phonetic Spelling:
(paw-raw') Short Definition: cows. ... 6509, 6510. parah. 6511 . ...
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6509. parah -- to bear fruit, be fruitful
... 6508, 6509. parah. 6510 . to bear fruit, be fruitful. Transliteration: parah
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-raw') Short Definition: fruitful. ... parah. 6510 . ...
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672. Ephrath -- an Israelite woman, also the name of several ...
... Ephrath, Ephratah. Or mephrathah {ef-raw'-thaw}; from parah; fruitfulness; Ephrath,
another name for Bethlehem; once (Psa. ... see HEBREW parah. 671b, 672. ...
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6529. peri -- fruit
... Word Origin from parah Definition fruit NASB Word Usage earnings* (1), foliage
(1), fruit (84), fruitful (2), fruits (2), fruits* (1), offspring (11), price (1 ...
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6500. para -- be fruitful
... para. 6501 . be fruitful. Transliteration: para Phonetic Spelling: (paw-raw')
Short Definition: fruitful. Word Origin the same as parah, qv. be fruitful ...
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6513. Purah -- a servant of Gideon
... Word Origin from parah Definition a servant of Gideon NASB Word Usage Purah (2).
Phurah. For p'orah; foliage; Purah, an Israelite -- Phurah. see HEBREW p'orah. ...
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Library

Parables. (xiii, xviii-xx, xxxv. )
... Mesopotamia.(343) Yet within an hour from Anathoth lies the Wady Farah, a name which
corresponds to the Hebrew Perath or (by a slight change) Parah; and the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/2 parables xiii xviii-xx xxxv.htm

List of Abbreviations Used in Reference to Rabbinic Writings ...
... with Leviticus 19:23. Par. The Talmudic Tractate Parah, on the Red Heifer
and purification by its ashes. Peah The Talmudic Tractate ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/list of abbreviations used in.htm

The Deputation from Jerusalem - the Three Sects of the Pharisees ...
... In general, it seems that the Pharisees were afraid of the satirical comments of
the Sadducees on their doings (comp. Parah iii. ... Par. [1555] Parah iii.; Tos. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter ii the deputation from.htm

Chapter xxvi
... Rechobh??th means "wide places" and signifies in reference to the well more than
"room" (Meek), rather "plenty of room." "Be fruitful" (parah) can hardly be ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxvi.htm

Chapter xlix
... Porath is the feminine of the participle of parah, "to bear fruit" (GK80 g). As
a choice phrase the expression "shoot of a fruitful branch" is repeated with ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xlix.htm

Second Journey through Galilee - the Healing of the Leper.
... to different kinds of impurity, being described in Miqv. i. 1-8). From
Parah viii. 10 we gather, that among other rivers even the ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xv second journey through.htm

Footnotes
... 344 I visited it in 1901 and 1904, a most surprising oasis! 345 Perath or Parah =
Farah was first suggested by Ewald ("Prophets of the OT," Eng. ...
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In the Fifteenth Year of Tiberius C??sar and under the Pontificate ...
... The name occurs in the Mishnah as Kayaph [so, and not Kuph, correctly] (Parah iii.
5). Professor Delitzsch does not venture to explain its meaning. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xi in the fifteenth.htm

Thesaurus
Parah (5 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PARAH. ...Parah (5 Occurrences). Joshua 18:23 Avvim,
Parah, Ophrah, (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Kine (24 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews sing. parah, ie, "fruitful"), mentioned
in Pharaoh's dream (Genesis 41:18). Here the word denotes ...
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Ophrah (9 Occurrences)
... of'-ra (`ophrah; Codex Vaticanus Aphra; Codex Alexandrinus Iephratha, etc.): (1)
A town in the territory allotted to Benjamin named between Parah and Chephar ...
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Heifer (22 Occurrences)
... Hebrews parah (Genesis 41:2; Numbers 19:2). Bearing the yoke (Hosea 4:16); "heifers
of Bashan" (Amos 4:1), metaphorical for the voluptuous females of Samaria. ...
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Parallel (6 Occurrences)

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Red (124 Occurrences)
... consequence, it became virtually or altogether impossible to secure a proper animal,
and the Mishnic statement that only nine had ever been found (Parah, iii.5 ...
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Uncovering (13 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 13:7 So I went to Parah and, uncovering the hole, took the band from the
place where I had put it away: and the band was damaged and of no use for ...
/u/uncovering.htm - 10k

Paradises (1 Occurrence)

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Cow (32 Occurrences)
... kou, kin (baqar (compare Arabic baqar, "cow"); `eghlath baqar (Isaiah 7:21); parah
(compare Arabic furar, "young of a sheep, goat, or cow"); paroth `aloth (1 ...
/c/cow.htm - 18k

Crevice (1 Occurrence)
... Jeremiah 13:4 Take the band which you got for a price, which is round your body,
and go to Parah and put it in a secret place there in a hole of the rock. ...
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Concordance
Parah (5 Occurrences)

Joshua 18:23
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 13:4
Take the band which you got for a price, which is round your body, and go to Parah and put it in a secret place there in a hole of the rock.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 13:5
So I went and put it in a secret place by Parah, as the Lord had said to me.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 13:6
Then after a long time, the Lord said to me, Up! go to Parah and get the band which I gave you orders to put there.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 13:7
So I went to Parah and, uncovering the hole, took the band from the place where I had put it away: and the band was damaged and of no use for anything.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Parah

Parah: A City in the Territory of the Tribe of Benjamin

Related Terms

Kine (24 Occurrences)

Ophrah (9 Occurrences)

Heifer (22 Occurrences)

Parallel (6 Occurrences)

Red (124 Occurrences)

Uncovering (13 Occurrences)

Paradises (1 Occurrence)

Cow (32 Occurrences)

Crevice (1 Occurrence)

Avvim (3 Occurrences)

Useless (47 Occurrences)

Damaged (44 Occurrences)

Talmud

Hole (88 Occurrences)

Paradises
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