Jericho: meaning of the name
Jericho means “his moon; his month; his sweet smell.”
Jericho in Hebrew and Greek
Places named Jericho
Jericho in Scripture
“Jericho” appears in 59 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.
- Numbers 22:1
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
- Numbers 26:3
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
- Numbers 26:63
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
- Numbers 31:12
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
- Numbers 33:48
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
- Numbers 33:50
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
- Numbers 34:15
The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
- Numbers 35:1
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,