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Strong's #6516 - פַּרְוַיִם

Transliteration

Parvayim

Phonetics

par-vah'-yim

Origin

of foreign origin

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Parvaim = "oriental regions"
1. a region known for its gold output, perhaps in Arabia

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

2 Chronicles 1

BSB (1)

2 Chronicles 1

CSB (1)

2 Chronicles 1

ESV (1)

2 Chronicles 1

KJV (1)

2 Chronicles 1

LEB (1)

2 Chronicles 1

LSB (1)

2 Chronicles 1

N95 (1)

2 Chronicles 1

NAS (1)

2 Chronicles 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

2 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מַּרְוָ֑יִם proper name, of a location׳זְהַב פ 2 Chronicles 3:6, Φαρουαιμ; in Arabia ? Sprenger^{Alte Geogr. Arabic 54f.} identification with Farwa in Yemen, Gl^{Skizze ii. 347} (less probably) with Sâ‡ el Farwain in Yemama (Nejd).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פַּרְוַיִם [Parvaim], pr.n. of a region where gold is obtained, 2 Chronicles 3:6. Bochart regards it as the same as Ophir. I would rather regard it as signifying oriental regions, from the Sanscr. pûrva, former, before, oriental.

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List of Word Forms

פַּרְוָֽיִם׃ פרוים׃ par·wā·yim parVayim parwāyim