- Transliteration: Hiericho

- Phonetic: hee-er-ee-kho'

- Definition: Jericho = "place of fragrance"

1. a noted city, abounding in balsam, honey, cyprus, myrobalanus, roses and other fragrant products. It was near the north shore of the Dead Sea in the tribe of Benjamin, between Jerusalem and the Jordan River

- Origin: of hebrew origin H3405" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3405

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Location

- Strong's: Of hebrew origin [H3405" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3405]; Jericho a place in Palestine: - Jericho.