Lexical Summary Ierichō: Jericho, a city of Pal Original Word: ἸεριχώTransliteration: Ierichō Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-ee-kho') Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Jericho, a city of Pal Meaning: Jericho -- a city of Palestine Strong's Concordance Jericho. Of Hebrew origin (Yriychow); Jericho, a place in Palestine -- Jericho. see HEBREW Yriychow Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2410: ἱερείχωἱερείχω, see Ἰεριχώ. STRONGS NT 2410: ἸεριχώἸεριχώ (Tdf. ἱερείχω (see his Proleg., p. 85; WH's Appendix, p. 155, and under the word εἰ, ἰ; WH Ἰεριχώ; see their Introductory § 408; on its accent in manuscripts cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 103)), ἡ, indeclinable (on its declension in other writings cf. Winers Grammar, § 10, 2; in Strabo ἱερικους ἱερικουντος; ἱεριχους, ἱεριχουντος in Josephus, cf. Winer's Grammar, the passage cited; Hebrew יְרִיחו, from רִיחַ, to smell, so called from its fertility in aromatics), Jericho, a noted city, abounding in balsam (i. e. perhaps the opobalsamum; cf. Tristram, Nat. Hist. etc., p. 337; B. D. under the word |