This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
- Jericho: An ancient city in Canaan, famously conquered by Israel
- Valley of Jericho: The valley where the city of Jericho is located
Definition
or יְרֵחוֹ; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יְרִיחֹה; perhaps from H3394; its month; or else from H7306; fragrant; Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Jericho.
Traditional renderings: Jericho.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
57 total
- Numbers 22:1יְרֵחֽוֹ׃ס · JerichoThen the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
- Numbers 26:3יְרֵח֖וֹ · across from JerichoSo on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
- Numbers 26:63יְרֵחֽוֹ׃ · across from JerichoThese were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
- Numbers 31:12יְרֵחֽוֹ׃ס · across from JerichoThey brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Numbers 33:48יְרֵחֽוֹ׃ · across from JerichoThey set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Numbers 33:50יְרֵח֖וֹ · across from JerichoOn the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 34:15יְרֵח֖וֹ · from JerichoThese two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
- Numbers 35:1יְרֵח֖וֹ · across from JerichoAgain the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
- Numbers 36:13יְרֵחֽוֹ׃ · across from JerichoThese are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Deuteronomy 32:49יְרֵח֑וֹ · Jericho“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
- Deuteronomy 34:1יְרֵח֑וֹ · JerichoThen Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
- Deuteronomy 34:3יְרֵח֛וֹ · of Jericho…the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
- Joshua 2:1יְרִיח֑וֹ · especially JerichoThen Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
- Joshua 2:2יְרִיח֖וֹ · of JerichoAnd it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.”
- Joshua 2:3יְרִיח֔וֹ · of JerichoSo the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.”
- Joshua 3:16יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ · Jericho…the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
- Joshua 4:13יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ס · of JerichoAbout 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.
- Joshua 4:19יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ · of JerichoOn the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
- Joshua 5:10יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ · of JerichoOn the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
- Joshua 5:13בִּירִיחוֹ֒ · near JerichoNow when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
- Joshua 6:1וִֽירִיחוֹ֙ · Now JerichoNow Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
- Joshua 6:2יְרִיח֖וֹ · JerichoAnd the LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, along with its king and its mighty men of valor.
- Joshua 6:25יְרִיחֽוֹ׃פ · JerichoAnd Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.
- Joshua 6:26יְרִיח֔וֹ · JerichoAt that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
- Joshua 7:2מִֽירִיח֗וֹ · from JerichoMeanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
- Joshua 8:2לִֽירִיחוֹ֙ · to JerichoAnd you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
- Joshua 9:3לִֽירִיח֖וֹ · to JerichoBut the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
- Joshua 10:1לִֽירִיחוֹ֙ · JerichoNow Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.
- Joshua 10:28יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ · of JerichoOn that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- Joshua 10:30יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ס · of JerichoAnd the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- Joshua 12:9יְרִיח֖וֹ · of Jericho…the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;
- Joshua 13:32יְרִיח֖וֹ · of JerichoThese were the portions Moses had given them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.
- Joshua 16:1 (3×)יְרִיח֔וֹ · at Jericho; יְרִיח֖וֹ · of Jericho; מִירִיח֛וֹ · from JerichoThe allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
- Joshua 16:7בִּֽירִיח֔וֹ · JerichoFrom Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.
- Joshua 18:12יְרִיח֜וֹ · of JerichoOn the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
- Joshua 18:21יְרִיח֥וֹ · JerichoThese were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,
- Joshua 20:8יְרִיחוֹ֙ · of JerichoAnd beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 24:11 (2×)יְרִיחוֹ֒ · Jericho; יְ֠רִיחוֹ · of JerichoAfter this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.
- 2 Samuel 10:5בִֽירֵח֔וֹ · in JerichoWhen this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
- 1 Kings 16:34יְרִיחֹ֑ה · JerichoIn Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
- 2 Kings 2:4 (2×)יְרִיח֔וֹ · on to Jericho; יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ · to JerichoAnd Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
- 2 Kings 2:5בִּֽירִיחוֹ֮ · at JerichoThen the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
- 2 Kings 2:15בִּֽירִיחוֹ֙ · from JerichoWhen the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
- 2 Kings 2:18בִּירִיח֑וֹ · in JerichoWhen they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
- 2 Kings 25:5יְרֵח֑וֹ · of Jericho…but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
- 1 Chronicles 6:78יְרֵחוֹ֮ · opposite JerichoFrom the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,