Strong's H3405 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יְרִיחוֹ (Yᵉrîychôw)

Pronunciation: yer-ee-kho'

Morphology: n-pr-loc

Name Meaning: Jericho = "its moon"

Derivation: or יְרֵחוֹ (Yᵉrêchôw); or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יְרִיחֹה (Yᵉrîychôh); perhaps from יָרֵחַ (yârêach) [H3394]; its month; or else from רוּחַ (rûwach) [H7306]; fragrant;

Definition: Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine

KJV Renderings: Jericho.

Senses

1. a city 5 miles (8 km) west of the Jordan and 7 miles (11.5 km) north of the Dead Sea and the first city conquered by the Israelites upon entering the promised land of Canaan

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.