Word Study · Strong's H8556 · Hebrew
תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס
Timnath Cheres
tim-nath kheh'-res
Strong's 1890 spelling: Timnath Chereç
“Timnath-Cheres, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Timnath-Cheres, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Timnath-heres, Timnath-serah.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- בְּתִמְנַת־2
- סֶ֖רַח2
- חֶ֖רֶס1
- תִּמְנַת־1
How it is rendered · 5
- Serah2
- at Timnath1
- Heres1
- in Timnath1
- Timnath1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)4
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
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- HNpl · 4
- HR/Npl · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Joshua4 occurrences
- Joshua 19:50תִּמְנַת־timnat-proper noun (a name)as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.here: Timnath
- Joshua 19:50סֶ֖רַחserachproper noun (a name)as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.here: Serah
- Joshua 24:30בְּתִמְנַת־betimnat-preposition + proper noun (a name)And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.here: at Timnath
- Joshua 24:30סֶ֖רַחserachproper noun (a name)And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.here: Serah
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 2:9בְּתִמְנַת־betimnat-preposition + proper noun (a name)They buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.here: in Timnath
- Judges 2:9חֶ֖רֶסcheresproper noun (a name)They buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.here: Heres