Word Study · Strong's H6578 · Hebrew
פְּרָת
Perath
per-awth'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Pᵉrâth
“Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East
Rendered in the KJV as
Euphrates.
- 19occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 19 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- פְּרָֽת׃5
- פְּרָ֑ת3
- פְּרָ֔תָה3
- פְּרָ֗ת2
- פְּרָ֔ת2
- בִּֽנְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃1
- בִּפְרָ֑ת1
- פְּרָ֖ת1
- פְרָֽת׃1
How it is rendered · 6
- Euphrates11
- Perath towards3
- [the] Euphrates2
- [is the] Euphrates1
- at [the] river-Euphrates1
- at Perath1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)14
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)3
- HR/Ncmsc//Npl1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 14
- HNpl/Sd · 3
- HR/Ncmsc//Npl · 1
- HR/Npl · 1
All 19, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah8 of 19 · 42%
- Genesis2 of 19 · 11%
- Deuteronomy2 of 19 · 11%
- 2 Kings2 of 19 · 11%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 19 · 11%
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 2:14פְרָֽת׃feratproper noun (a name)The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.here: [is the] Euphrates
- Genesis 15:18פְּרָֽת׃peratproper noun (a name)On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—here: Euphrates
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 1:7פְּרָֽת׃peratproper noun (a name)Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.here: Euphrates
- Deuteronomy 11:24פְּרָ֗תperatproper noun (a name)Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.here: Euphrates
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 23:29פְּרָ֑תperatproper noun (a name)At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.here: Euphrates
- 2 Kings 24:7פְּרָ֔תperatproper noun (a name)Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.here: Euphrates
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 5:9פְּרָ֑תperatproper noun (a name)They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.here: Euphrates
- 1 Chronicles 18:3פְּרָֽת׃peratproper noun (a name)As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.here: Euphrates
Jeremiah8 occurrences
- Jeremiah 13:4פְּרָ֔תָהperatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)“Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”here: Perath towards
- Jeremiah 13:5בִּפְרָ֑תbifratpreposition + proper noun (a name)So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.here: at Perath
- Jeremiah 13:6פְּרָ֔תָהperatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”here: Perath towards
- Jeremiah 13:7פְּרָ֔תָהperatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.here: Perath towards
- Jeremiah 46:2פְּרָ֖תperatproper noun (a name)concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:here: Euphrates
- Jeremiah 46:6פְּרָ֔תperatproper noun (a name)“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.here: Euphrates
- Jeremiah 46:10פְּרָֽת׃peratproper noun (a name)For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.here: Euphrates
- Jeremiah 51:63פְּרָֽת׃peratproper noun (a name)When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.here: [the] Euphrates