Lexicon :: Strong's H8556 - timnaṯ-ḥeres

תִּמְנַת־חֶרֶס
Transliteration
timnaṯ-ḥeres
Pronunciation
tim-nath kheh'-res
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From תִּמְנָה (H8553) and חֶרֶס (H2775)
Strong’s Definitions

תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס Timnath Chereç, tim-nath kheh'-res; or תִּמְנַת סֶרַח Timnath Çerach; from H8553 and H2775; portion of (the) sun; Timnath-Cheres, a place in Palestine:—Timnath-heres, Timnath-serah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H8556 in the following manner: Timnathserah (2x), Timnathheres (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H8556 in the following manner: Timnathserah (2x), Timnathheres (1x).

  1. Timnath-heres or Timnath-serah = "portion of the sun" or "abundant portion"

    1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס Timnath Chereç, tim-nath kheh'-res; or תִּמְנַת סֶרַח Timnath Çerach; from H8553 and H2775; portion of (the) sun; Timnath-Cheres, a place in Palestine:—Timnath-heres, Timnath-serah.
STRONGS H8556: Abbreviations
† תִּמְנַת חֶ֫רֶס proper name, of a location (probably = (sacred) territory of the Sun.; WMMAs.u.Eur.165 thinks perhaps Egyptian Hï-ra-tà); in hill-country of Ephraim, westward, Judges 2:9 = following (compare GFM) = Θαμναθα1Makk Judges 9:50 —Tibneh, approximately 17 miles west of north from Jerusalem, see also BuhlGeogr. 170.

† תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַח proper name, of a location by metathesis from foregoing (above), to avoid idolatrous suggestion (GFMJudges 2:9), Joshua 19:50; Joshua 24:30.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

19:50; 24:30

Judges

2:9; 2:9; 9:50