H3239: יָנוֹחַ
Yânôwach · pronounced yaw-no'-akh or (with enclitic) Yanowchah yaw-no'-khaw · “Janoah”
Definition
Janoach or Janochah, a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Janoah, Janohah.
Word origin: from H3240 (יָנַח); quiet;
Extended definition
a place apparently in the north of Galilee in Naphtali, taken by Tiglath-pileser in his first incursion into Palestine
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3239 is translated
- janoah ×2
- to janoah ×1
Bible verses with H3239 (Yânôwach)
Yânôwach appears in 3 verses.
- Joshua 16:6
And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath–shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
- Joshua 16:7
And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
- 2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.