King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6552
Transliteration: Pirathon
Phonetic Spelling: (pir-aw-thone')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: perhaps "height", a place in Ephraim
Meaning: Pirathon -- perhaps "height", a place in Ephraim
Word Summary
Pirathon: perhaps "height", a place in Ephraim
Original Word: פִרְעָתוֹןTransliteration: Pirathon
Phonetic Spelling: (pir-aw-thone')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: perhaps "height", a place in Ephraim
Meaning: Pirathon -- perhaps "height", a place in Ephraim
Strong's Concordance
Pirathon From par'ah; chieftaincy; Pirathon, a place in Palestine -- Pirathon.
see HEBREW par'ah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6552. Pirathon
מִּרְעָתוֺן proper name, of a location in Ephraim (? = height; compare Sabean proper name יהפרע he makes lofty Osl.c.); — Judges 12:15, Φαραθωμ, A ᵐ5L Φρααθων; perhaps modern Far±atâ, approximately 6 miles WSM. from Nablus, compare BuhlGeogr. 206 (GASmGeogr.353 proposes top of Wady Farah northeast from Nablus).