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H8556 תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס (Timnath Chereç) tim-nath kheh'-res

Hebrew
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Biblical Persons & Places

Timnath-heres Timnath-heres
A location first mentioned at Jdg.2.9; referred to as Timnath-heres (תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס), or Timnath-serah (NIV= Timnath Serah) (תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַח).

Strong's Definition

Timnath-Cheres, a place in Palestine

Derivation: or תִּמְנַת סֶרַח; from H8553 (תִּמְנָה) and H2775 (חֶרֶס); portion of (the) sun;

KJV Usage: Timnath-heres, Timnath-serah.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Timnath-heres or Timnath-serah = "portion of the sun" or "abundant portion"
1) a city given to Joshua as a inheritance in the mountains of Ephraim on the north of the hill of Gaash where he was buried

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס (tim.nat che.res) — Timnath-heres. Timnath-heres (or Timnath-serah) = "portion of the sun" or "abundant portion" a city given to Joshua as a inheritance in the mountains of Ephraim on the north of the hill of Gaash where he was buried Also named: tim.nat se.rach (תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַח "Timnath-serah" H8556B)

תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַח (tim.nat se.rach) — Timnath-serah. Timnath-serah (or Timnath-heres) = "portion of the sun" or "abundant portion" a city given to Joshua as a inheritance in the mountains of Ephraim on the north of the hill of Gaash where he was buried Another name of tim.nat che.res (תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס "Timnath-heres" H8556A)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name

Names of Locations | ≈ תִּמְנַת־סֶרַח

Timnath-Heres = town; ◄ territory of Ephraim

JDG 2:9

Reinier de Blois

name

Names of Locations | ≈ תִּמְנַת־חֶרֶס

Timnath-Serah = town, also known as Timnath-Heres; ◄ territory of Ephraim

JOS 19:50 · JOS 24:30

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס n.pr.loc. (prob. = (sacred) territory of the Sun); in hill-country of Ephr., westward, Ju 2:9 = foll. [m.cm.aj] ref

תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַח n.pr.loc. by metath. from foregoing [m.cm.ai], to avoid idolatr. suggestion base

Bible Occurrences (3)

2:9

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