H6891: צָרְתָן
Tsârᵉthân · pronounced tsaw-reth-awn' · “Zarethan”
Definition
Tsarethan, a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Zarthan. q
Word origin: perhaps for H6868 (צְרֵדָה);
Extended definition
a place in the Jordan valley where the river parted for Israel to pass over for the conquest of Canaan
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6891 is translated
- zarethan ×2
- towards ×1
Bible verses with H6891 (Tsârᵉthân)
Tsârᵉthân appears in 3 verses.
- Joshua 3:16
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
- 1 Kings 4:12
Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
- 1 Kings 7:46
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.