H8556: תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס
Timnath Chereç · pronounced tim-nath kheh'-res · “Timnath-heres”
Definition
Timnath-Cheres, a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Timnath-heres, Timnath-serah.
Word origin: or תִּמְנַת סֶרַח; from H8553 (תִּמְנָה) and H2775 (חֶרֶס); portion of (the) sun;
Extended definition
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)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8556 is translated
- timnath ×3
- serah ×2
- heres ×1
Bible verses with H8556 (Timnath Chereç)
Timnath chereç appears in 3 verses.
- Joshua 19:50
According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath–serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
- Joshua 24:30
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
- Judges 2:9
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.