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Strong's #6554 - פַּרְפַּר

Transliteration

Parpar

Phonetics

par-par'

Origin

probably from (H6565) in the sense of rushing

Parts of Speech

proper noun with reference to a river

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Pharpar = "swift"
1. a stream in the district of Damascus identified with the modern ´Awaj´; rises on the southeast slopes of Mount Hermon and flows into the southernmost lake of Damascus

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

2 Kings 1

BSB (1)

2 Kings 1

CSB (1)

2 Kings 1

ESV (1)

2 Kings 1

KJV (1)

2 Kings 1

LEB (1)

2 Kings 1

LSB (1)

2 Kings 1

N95 (1)

2 Kings 1

NAS (1)

2 Kings 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (1)

2 Kings 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מַּרְמַּר proper name, of a river near Damascus 2 Kings 5:12 (A) φαρφαρ; A φαρφαρα; perhaps modern 'Awaj, south of Damascus Rob BR^{iii. 447 f}.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פַּרְפַּר (prob. “swift,” from فَرَّ to flee, فرفر to move, to agitate), [Pharphar], pr.n. of a small river, rising in mount Lebanon, and joining the Amana near Damascus. In Geogr. Nub., and now called الفيجة, 2 Kings 5:12.

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List of Word Forms

וּפַרְפַּ֜ר ופרפר ū·p̄ar·par ufarPar ūp̄arpar