Lexicon :: Strong's H5247 - nimrâ

נִמְרָה
Transliteration
nimrâ
Pronunciation
nim-raw'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as נָמֵר (H5246)
Strong’s Definitions

נִמְרָה Nimrâh, nim-raw'; from the same as H5246; clear water; Nimrah, a place East of the Jordan:—Nimrah. See also H1039, H5249.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H5247 in the following manner: Nimrah (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H5247 in the following manner: Nimrah (1x).
  1. Nimrah = "limpid" or "pure"

    1. a place on the east of the Jordan, 10 miles (16 km) north of the Dead Sea and 3 miles (5 km) east of the Jordan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נִמְרָה Nimrâh, nim-raw'; from the same as H5246; clear water; Nimrah, a place East of the Jordan:—Nimrah. See also H1039, H5249.
STRONGS H5247: Abbreviations
נִמְרָה proper name, of a location place east of Jordan Numbers 32:3 (+ עֲטָרוֺת, דִּיבֹן, חֶשְׁבּוֺן, etc.), Ναμβρα, A Αμβραμ, Μαμβραν. Perhaps = Tel Nimrîn, approximately 6 miles east of Jordan, nearly opposite Jericho, compare BuhlGeogr. 264. — compare בֵּית נ׳ (which see), also in Late Hebrew (compare נמרה proper name, masculine Sinaitic Inscriptions SACook81 Lzb323; meaning dubious; NöZMG xxix (1875), 437 thinks from spotted or striped appearance of ground; place of leopard also GrayProp. Names 92 (on tribal names from leopard see RSK 201 also Sabean proper name אנמרם Levy-Osl.c., etc.); WeHeid: 2, 82 thinks of clear water).
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32:3