Lexicon Perath: a river of W. Asia Original Word: פְּרָתPart of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Transliteration: Perath Phonetic Spelling: (per-awth') Short Definition: Euphrates NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof foreign origin Definitiona river of W. Asia NASB TranslationEuphrates (18).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מְּרָת 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 מְּרָת, but Gf Gie and most defend Euphrates) Jeremiah 51:63; 2Chronicles 35:20 (compare Genesis 2:14 above); name not certainly attested before D Jeremiah; on earlier הַנָּהָר for this river see ׳נ. מֹּרָת Genesis 42:22 see [ מָּרָה].
Strong's Euphrates From an unused root meaning to break forth; rushing; Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East -- Euphrates. |
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